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CVE-2008-5393

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5393 describes a critical vulnerability in UPR-Kernel in Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR) before version 8.04_r1. The flaw allows remote attackers to bypass isolation mechanisms by reading from or writing to RAID arrays due to included kernel support. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:privacy-cd:unbuntu_privacy_remix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0235 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5393

CVE-2008-5393

References

bugs.launchpad.net / bugs/301285
Patch
securityreason.com / securityalert/4696
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47082
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498905/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/32629
Patch