01 Record
CVE-2008-3648
nslookup.exe in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by an attempted DNS zone transfer, and as exploited in the wild in August
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
nslookup.exe in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by an attempted DNS zone transfer, and as exploited in the wild in August
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-12 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 137cda67f6ccb27ae16213e7fc77c7591b244d5cce618d010ab2152b3a2e553e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwin-nslookup-code-execution(44423)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44423
- www.securitytracker.com1020711http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020711
- packetstormsecurity.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-advisories/Nslookup-Crash.txt
- www.securityfocus.com30636http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30636
- www.nullcode.com.arhttp://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/nsloo.htm