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CVE-2008-6555

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6555 describes a critical remote command execution vulnerability in the cgi-bin/webutil.pl script of The Puppet Master WebUtil. Attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'dig' command, leading to arbitrary command execution on the affected server. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppetmaster:webutil:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppetmaster:webutil:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31466 · Mar 21, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0446 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

osvdb.org / 51181
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41400
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489961/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28393
Exploit