CVE-2008-5709

Communication Manager vulnerability

CVSS

9.0

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the web management interface in Avaya Communication Manager (CM) 3.1 before 3.1.4 SP2, 4.0 before 4.0.3 SP1, and 5.0 before 5.0 SP3 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors in the (1) Set Static Routes and (2) Backup History components.

Affected vendor

Avaya

Affected product

Communication Manager

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2008-12-24

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 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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