What is CVE-2008-4008?

CVE-2008-4008 is a vulnerability in Oracle BEA Product Suite. Published 2008-10-14.

Is CVE-2008-4008 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Oracle BEA Product Suite

CVE-2008-4008

Unspecified vulnerability in the WebLogic Server Plugins for Apache component in BEA Product Suite 10.3, 10.0 MP1, 9.2 MP3, 9.1, 9.0, 8.1 SP6, 7.0 SP7, and 6.1 SP7 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2008 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the WebLogic Apache Connector, related to an invalid parameter.

Published 2008-10-14 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.563 (99.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.563 · newest: 0.563 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle BEA Product Suite — versions 6.1, 7.0, 8.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2008-100299.html
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2825 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-4008?: CVE-2008-4008 is a vulnerability in Oracle BEA Product Suite. Published 2008-10-14.
Is CVE-2008-4008 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.