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CVE-2008-6938

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6938 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pi3Web 2.0.3 before PL2, affecting installations on Windows as a desktop application. An attacker can crash or hang the server and disclose the full server pathname by requesting a non-executable file within the ISAPI directory, causing a DLL load failure. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and partial availability impact. While not in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.3_pl1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2_beta_1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:2.0.2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Pi3Web ISAPI DoS · Nov 13, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-7109 · Nov 13, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2648 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0171.html
secunia.com / advisories/32696
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46600
exploit-db.com / exploits/7109
osvdb.org / 49998
Exploit
osvdb.org / 49999
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498575
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498602
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498770
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498771
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498865
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/32287
ExploitPatch