CVE-2008-1457: Microsoft Windows-Nt

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 36.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate per-user subscriptions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows-Nt: version 2008 only; version vista only; version xp only
• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: any version
• Microsoft Windows Vista: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2008-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.