Buffer overflow in Symantec Backup Exec For Windows Server

CVE-2008-5408

Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0 build 1364, and 12.5 build 2213 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers by leveraging CVE-2008-5407.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.045 (91.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2008-5408: held from 0.045 to 0.045.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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