CVE-2008-5408
Estado: ModificadaAlta (9)—
Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0 build 1364, and 12.5 build 2213 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers by leveraging CVE-2008-5407.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.48%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32810
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.11.19.html
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/314528.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32346
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021246
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3209
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46731
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32810
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.11.19.html
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/314528.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32346
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021246
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3209
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46731
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