THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4295
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4295

Windows Mobile vulnerability

CVSS
5.4
EPSS
30.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 on HTC Wiza 200 and HTC MDA 8125 devices does not properly handle the first attempt to establish a Bluetooth connection to a peer with a long name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) by configuring a Bluetooth device with a long hci name and (1) connecting directly to the Windows Mobile system or (2) waiting for the Windows Mobile system to scan for nearby devices.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Mobile
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2008-09-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Mobile is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4295.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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