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CVE-2008-2234

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2234 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within Openwsman versions 1.2.0 and 2.0.0. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending a specially crafted "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in common frameworks like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openwsman:openwsman:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openwsman:openwsman:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0432 is in the 83rd 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

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00003.html
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000034.html
secunia.com / advisories/31410
secunia.com / advisories/31429
secunia.com / advisories/31942
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44481
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44484
securityfocus.com / archive/1/496528/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30694
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0015.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2397
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2624