Server Service Vulnerability
Publish date: August 18, 2016
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-4250,ms08-067
DESCRIPTION
The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003292
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003292 - Block Conficker.B++ Worm Incoming Named Pipe Connection
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows 2000
- microsoft windows_2000
- microsoft windows_server_2003
- microsoft windows_server_2008
- microsoft windows_vista
- microsoft windows_xp
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