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CVE-2008-0640

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0640 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Symantec Ghost Solution Suite versions 1.1 (before patch 2), 2.0.0, and 2.0.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems by sending unspecified RPC requests to the Ghost Management Agent, particularly when combined with ARP spoofing. With a CVSS score of 10.0, the vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:ghost_solutions_suite:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:ghost_solutions_suite:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:ghost_solutions_suite:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

secunia.com / advisories/28853
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/27644
securitytracker.com / id
symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.07.html
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0474
Vendor Advisory