CVE-2008-3466

Exp

Microsoft Host Integration Server (HIS) 2000, 2004, and 2006 does not limit RPC access to administrative functions, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary programs via a crafted SNA RPC message using opcode 1 or 6 to call the CreateProcess function, aka "HIS Command Execution Vulnerability."

Published: 2008-10-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3466 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.72%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3466

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3466

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-06-30 86.58% 84.72% -1.86%
2 2025-05-26 87.55% 86.58% -0.97%
3 2025-03-30 — 87.55% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3466

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3466

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3466

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft host_integration_server_2000 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2000:*:*:*:*:client:*:*:*
microsoft host_integration_server_2000 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2000:*:sp2:*:*:server:*:*:*
microsoft host_integration_server_2004 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2004:*:*:*:*:client:*:*:*
microsoft host_integration_server_2004 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2004:*:*:*:*:server:*:*:*
microsoft host_integration_server_2004 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2004:*:sp1:*:*:server:*:*:*
microsoft host_integration_server_2006 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft host_integration_server_2006 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:host_integration_server_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

References for CVE-2008-3466

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