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CVE-2008-5044

Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang

Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a multi-threaded application that makes many calls to UnhookWindowsHookEx while certain other desktop activity is occurring.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.00877
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Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
microsoft windows server 2003all versions
microsoft windows vistaall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
dosMicrosoft Windows Vista/2003 - 'UnhookWindowsHookEx' Local Denial of Serviceverified
pockillprog.com · whk.zipkillprog.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 32206www.securityfocus.com
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD12 Nov 2008 · 11:30 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506
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