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CVE-2008-4385

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4385 describes a critical vulnerability in Husdawg, LLC Systems Requirements Lab 3, affecting its ActiveX control and Java applet. This flaw allows remote attackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary programs by manipulating the Init method with a malicious website argument. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed in CISA KEV, a Metasploit module exists, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:systemrequirementslab:system_requirements_lab:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
37.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Husdawg, LLC. System Requirements Lab ActiveX Unsafe Method · Oct 16, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-16552 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3768 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

secunia.com / advisories/32236
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45873
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/166651
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
sec-consult.com / files/20081016-0_sysreqlab.txt
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497400
securityfocus.com / bid/31752
systemrequirementslab.com / bulletins/security_bulletin_1.html
Vendor Advisory