THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5904
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5904

Xrdp vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The rdp_rdp_process_color_pointer_pdu function in rdp/rdp_rdp.c in xrdp 0.4.1 and earlier allows remote RDP servers to have an unknown impact via input data that sets crafted values for certain length variables, leading to a buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Xrdp
Affected product
Xrdp
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2009-01-15

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.3% 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-2008-5904

  • Confirm whether Xrdp Xrdp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5904.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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