THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0534
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0534

Service Control Engine vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The SSH server in (1) Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) before 3.1.6, and (2) Icon Labs Iconfidant SSH before 2.3.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart or daemon outage) via a high rate of login attempts, aka Bug ID CSCsi68582.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Service Control Engine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2008-05-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0534

  • Confirm whether Cisco Service Control Engine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0534.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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