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CVE-2008-0640

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.1 before 1.1 patch 2, 2.0.0, and 2.0.1 does not authenticate connections between the console and the Ghost Management Agent, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified RPC requests in conjunction with ARP spoofing.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Symantec — Ghost Solutions Suite

CWEs

References

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