THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4762
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4762

Freesshd vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
14.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.
Affected vendor
Freesshd
Affected product
Freesshd
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-10-28

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 14.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4762

  • Confirm whether Freesshd Freesshd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4762.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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