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CVE-2008-5045

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5045 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in Network-Client FTP Now 2.6, and potentially other versions, which can be triggered by a malicious FTP server. This vulnerability has a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network-client.com:ftp_now:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6926 · Nov 1, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0338 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

securityreason.com / securityalert/4583
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46319
exploit-db.com / exploits/6926
securityfocus.com / bid/32080
Exploit