CVE-2008-4037

Exp

Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, as demonstrated by backrush, aka "SMB Credential Reflection Vulnerability." NOTE: some reliable sources report that this vulnerability exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2000-0834.

Published: 2008-11-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4037 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 75.53%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4037

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16360 exploit_db edb 2010-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗
7125 exploit_db edb 2008-11-14 Exploit-DB ↗
20 exploit_db edb 2003-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4037

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 2025-10-23 73.93% 75.53% +1.60%
2 2025-10-01 75.53% 73.93% -1.60%
3 2025-03-30 75.53%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4037

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows server_2003 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server_2003 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server_2003 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server_2003 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server_2003 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server_2003 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:unknown:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:xp:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:xp:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:xp:unknown:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4037

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
http://osvdb.org/49736
http://secunia.com/advisories/32633 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021163
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7385 Exploit Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html US Government Resource
http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3110 Vendor Advisory
http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-068
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6012
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7125
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