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CVE-2008-3844

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3844 describes a trojaned OpenSSH package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, signed with a legitimate Red Hat GPG key but distributed unofficially, allowing an unknown impact by the package authors. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a critical vulnerability due to its network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openssh-0:3.9p1-11.el4_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z StreamFixed in: openssh-0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssh-0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3844Critical

security flaw

Aug 22, 2008

References

secunia.com / advisories/31575
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32241
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44747
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / security/data/openssh-blacklist.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
Not Applicable
securityfocus.com / bid/30794
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2821
Broken Link