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CVE-2008-3807

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
Severity9.3High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability3.50 %higher than 89% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Cisco IOS 12.2 and 12.3 on Cisco uBR10012 series devices, when linecard redundancy is configured, enables a read/write SNMP service with "private" as the community, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by guessing this community and sending SNMP requests.

CVSS

Base score
9.3
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.50 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
89
Score date
10/22/2026

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)

Cisco — IOS

CWEs

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