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CVE-2008-5227

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
Severity10High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability4.69 %higher than 92% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Unspecified vulnerability in PHPCow allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, related to a "file inclusion vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in November 2008.

CVSS

Base score
10
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
4.69 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
92
Score date
10/24/2026

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)

Phpcow — Phpcow

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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