THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5177
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5177

Yosemite Backup vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
16.9%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DtbClsLogin function in Yosemite Backup 8.7 allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code on a Linux platform, related to libytlindtb.so; or (2) cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code on a Windows platform, related to ytwindtb.dll; via a long username field during authentication.
Affected vendor
Insight Tech
Affected product
Yosemite Backup
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-11-20

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 16.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5177

  • Confirm whether Insight Tech Yosemite Backup is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5177.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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