HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1667

Probe Builder vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
The Probe Builder Service (aka PBOVISServer.exe) in European Performance Systems (EPS) Probe Builder 2.2 before A.02.20.901, as used in HP OpenView Internet Services (OVIS) on Windows, allows remote attackers to kill arbitrary processes via a process ID number in an unspecified opcode.
Affected vendor
Eps
Affected product
Probe Builder
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-07-29

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 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1667

  • Confirm whether Eps Probe Builder is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1667.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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