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CVE-2008-5405
Stack-based buffer overflow in the RDP protocol password decoder in Cain & Abel 4.9.23 and 4.9.24, and possibly earlier, allows remote…
High9.3EPSS 47.0%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the RDP protocol password decoder in Cain & Abel 4.9.23 and 4.9.24, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RDP file containing a long string.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 47.0% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 7309 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- cainabel-rdp-bo(46940) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 50342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://oxid.netsons.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4703 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 7297 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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