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CVE-2008-1491

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1491 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the DPC Proxy server (DpcProxy.exe) in ASUS Remote Console (ARC or ASMB3) versions 2.0.0.19 and 2.0.0.24. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, suggesting a high potential for exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asus:remote_console:2.0.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asus:remote_console:2.0.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
70.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Asus Dpcproxy Buffer Overflow · Mar 21, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-16425 · Jun 22, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7013 is in the 99th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/asuxdpc-adv.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/29402
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3771
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41358
exploit-db.com / exploits/5694
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489966/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28394
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0982/references