CVE-2008-4037
Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, as demonstrated by backrush, aka "SMB Credential Reflection Vulnerability." NOTE: some reliable sources report that this vulnerability exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2000-0834.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 59.1% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4022)
- Published
- November 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4022 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows Vista Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1002 - historical
- Windows Vista Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1003 - historical
- Windows Vista Boot Manager (bootmgr) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 978 - historical
- Windows Vista Winload OS Loader (winload.exe) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 979 - historical
- Windows Vista Code Integrity (ci.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 980 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/49736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32633(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021163
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7385(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README(Exploit)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3110(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-068
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6012
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7125
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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