CVE-2008-3285 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting versions 2.7 and earlier of the Filesys::SmbClientParser Perl module. This flaw allows malicious SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client system by crafting folder names containing shell metacharacters. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alain_barbet:filesys_smbclientparser:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alain_barbet:filesys_smbclientparser:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alain_barbet:filesys_smbclientparser:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alain_barbet:filesys_smbclientparser:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alain_barbet:filesys_smbclientparser:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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