CVE-2008-4315
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—
tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, Fedora 9, and Fedora 10 does not log failed authentication attempts to the OpenPegasus CIM server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to avoid detection of password guessing attacks.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 6.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.70%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- Score date: 10/10/2026
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 (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://osvdb.org/50278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32862
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1001.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021281
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.0-7.fc9
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.1-3.fc10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472017
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46830
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9431
- http://osvdb.org/50278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32862
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1001.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021281
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.0-7.fc9
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.1-3.fc10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472017
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46830
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9431
Raw JSON (NVD)
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