Technical intelligence and weaponization dossier for CVE-2008-4250. Documented exploitation across 11 active malware families totaling 12,620 analyzed telemetry samples.
| Vulnerability ID | CVE-2008-4250 |
|---|---|
| Common Name / Bulletin | Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Vulnerability (MS08-067 / Conficker) (MS08-067) |
| CWE Classification | CWE-119: Stack Buffer Overflow in Netapi32.dll |
| Affected Software & Versions | Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 |
| Technical Root Cause | Stack overflow in Netapi32.dll during path parsing with relative traversals ('..\') sent over SMB port 445, triggering the catastrophic global Conficker outbreak. |
| Associated ATT&CK Techniques |
Empirical catalog telemetry verifies that the following 11 malware families weaponize this vulnerability for initial access, privilege escalation, or lateral movement:
| Malware Family | Category | Catalog Samples | Operational Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| sivis | File Infector | 7,180 | Sivis (known across antivirus vendors as Win32.Sivis or W32/Sivis) is a classic Windows PE file infector that first surfaced around 2006. Engineered during the ... |
| sdbot | Rat | 1,931 | SDBot is one of the most foundational, architecturally influential, and widely cloned IRC-controlled backdoor trojans in computer security history, first releas... |
| wabot | Rat | 1,185 | Trojan:Win32/Wabot is a prolific modular botnet trojan and worm designed to compromise Windows endpoints and enlist them into large-scale zombie networks for co... |
| lamer | Worm | 894 | Worm:Win32/Lamer is a dual-threat propagation worm and trojan downloader that emerged in the mid-2000s, designed to infiltrate Windows networks and establish a ... |
| mira | Worm | 729 | Trojan:Win32/Mira (also tracked across vendor signatures as Worm:Win32/Mira, distinct from the Linux IoT botnet Mirai) is a prolific Windows mass-mailing worm a... |
| ircbot | Rat | 348 | Backdoor:Win32/Ircbot is a foundational lineage of remote access trojans and botnet agents that utilize Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol channels for decentra... |
| kolab | Worm | 219 | Kolab (cataloged across security vendors as Worm:Win32/Kolab, Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab, WORM_KOLABC, and W32/Kolab) is a prolific Windows network worm and backdoor ... |
| palevo | Botnet | 106 | Worm:Win32/Palevo (universally known in cybersecurity research as the Butterfly Bot and the Mariposa botnet) was a monumental, highly modular crimeware botnet t... |
| stuxnet | Advanced Threat | 15 | Stuxnet is widely recognized in military and cybersecurity history as the world's first true cyber weapon, uncovered in June 2010 by VirusBlokAda and subsequent... |
| conficker | Worm | 11 | Conficker (also known as Downadup or Kido) is one of the most prolific, destructive, and technologically advanced computer worms in internet history, first disc... |
| brambul | Worm | 2 | Worm:Win32/Brambul is an aggressive network-spreading worm developed by North Korean state-sponsored threat group HIDDEN COBRA (Lazarus Group / APT38). Discover... |
Threat intelligence confirms the following adversaries weaponize CVE-2008-4250 in enterprise intrusions and campaign toolkits:
Threat hunting leads and behavioral telemetry patterns to identify weaponized exploitation of CVE-2008-4250 in enterprise networks:
Snort/Suricata SID: 15306, 15307 (NETBIOS SMB-DS srvsvc NetprPathCanonicalize buffer overflow attempt); svchost.exe crash dump analysis.SOC containment checklist and attack surface reduction measures to neutralize exploitation:
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