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CVE-2008-0003

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0003 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAMBasicAuthenticator::PAMCallback function of OpenPegasus CIM management server (tog-pegasus), specifically when configured to use PAM without PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC defined. This flaw affects various OpenPegasus and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its critical nature, there is no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it shows no signs of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openpegasus:management_server:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0781 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: tog-pegasus-2:2.5.1-5.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z StreamFixed in: tog-pegasus-2:2.5.1-2.el4_5.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tog-pegasus-2:2.6.1-2.el5_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0003Critical

tog-pegasus pam authentication buffer overflow

Jan 7, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
osvdb.org / 40082
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28338
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28462
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29056
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29785
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29986
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39527
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10282
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00424.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00480.html
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2008-January/001879.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0002.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27172
securityfocus.com / bid/27188
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0063
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0638
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1234/references
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1391/references
Vendor Advisory