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CVE-2008-1353

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1353 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ZABBIX 1.4.4's zabbix_agentd. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending multiple vfs.file.cksum commands targeting special device nodes like /dev/urandom or /dev/zero, leading to excessive CPU and connection consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential for partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31403 · Mar 13, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0569 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1353

zabbix file descriptor consumption by authorized hosts

References

secunia.com / advisories/29383
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3747
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41196
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489506/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28244
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0878