CVE-2008-0083: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) VBScript (VBScript.dll) and (2) JScript (JScript.dll) scripting engines 5.1 and 5.6, as used in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, do not properly decode script, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2008-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.