CVE-2008-1278 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.35% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-03-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| remotelyanywhere | remotelyanywhere |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | RemotelyAnywhere 8.0.668 - 'Accept-Charset' Null Pointer Denial of Service | 2008-03-10 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/remotelynowhere-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29296
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489354/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28175
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0816/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41077
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/remotelynowhere-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29296
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489354/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28175
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0816/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41077
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