CVE-2008-0086

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. No fix published yet.

CVSS 2.09.0Critical EPSS percentile99th62% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published 2008-07-08Updated 2026-04-23Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Buffer overflow in the convert function in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) SP4, and 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SQL expression.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

62% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 6561 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-04-23Record updated
2008-07-08Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

microsoftcommercial · US
- data engineOn-premOperating Systems
- sql serverDatabaseOn-premDatabases / relational
- sql server desktop engineOn-premOperating Systems / windows
- sql server express editionDatabaseOn-premDatabases / relational

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Scored 9.0 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
Authentication SingleRequires single authentication

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
Integrity CompleteAll data can be modified
Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

CWE-119No name in the record

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Initial AccessT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationhigh confidence
Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationhigh confidence

Sources

References in the record

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