HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0963

Diskxtender vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Format string vulnerability in EMC DiskXtender MediaStor 6.20.060 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message to the RPC interface.
Affected vendor
Emc
Affected product
Diskxtender
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2008-04-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0963

  • Confirm whether Emc Diskxtender is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0963.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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