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CVE-2008-5420

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

The SAN Manager Master Agent service (aka msragent.exe) in EMC Control Center before 6.1 does not properly authenticate SST_SENDFILE requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

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)

EMC — Control Center

CWEs

References

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