CVE-2008-2470

Flexnet Connect vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

5.5%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

The InstallShield Update Service Agent ActiveX control in isusweb.dll allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a call to ExecuteRemote with a URL that results in a 404 error response.

Affected vendor

Macrovision

Affected product

Flexnet Connect

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2008-09-18

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 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2470

Confirm whether Macrovision Flexnet Connect is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2470.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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