HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0704

Alpha vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in the SSH server in HP OpenVMS TCP/IP Services on OpenVMS on the Alpha platform with 5.4 before ECO 7, and on the Integrity and Alpha platforms with 5.5 before ECO 3 and 5.6 before ECO 2, allows remote attackers to obtain unspecified access via unknown vectors.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Alpha
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-03-28

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 confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% 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-2008-0704

  • Confirm whether Hp Alpha is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0704.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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