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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.