CVE-2008-1436: Microsoft Windows-Nt

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 36.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows-Nt: version vista only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2008-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.