THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5100
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5100

.Net Framework vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
8.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The strong name (SN) implementation in Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.50727 relies on the digital signature Public Key Token embedded in the pathname of a DLL file instead of the digital signature of this file itself, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass Global Assembly Cache (GAC) and Code Access Security (CAS) protection mechanisms, aka MSRC ticket MSRC8566gs.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
.Net Framework
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-11-17

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 confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5100

  • Confirm whether Microsoft .Net Framework is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5100.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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