HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1136

Synce vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.8%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The Utils::runScripts function in src/utils.cpp in vdccm 0.92 through 0.10.0 in SynCE (SynCE-dccm) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a certain string to TCP port 5679.
Affected vendor
Synce
Affected product
Synce
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-94 — Code Injection
Published
2008-03-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium 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 6.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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