CVE-2008-5044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2008-11-12

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5023	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0168.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://killprog.com/whk.zip
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-12T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.326Z

Reserved: 2008-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5044

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-12T23:30:02.853

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:59:08.713

Link: CVE-2008-5044

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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