$ cve CVE-2008-5409 JSON

CVE-2008-5409 EXPLOIT

9.3

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.1% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and (3) Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, possibly related to included compressed streams that were processed with the ASCIIHexDecode filter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scoring

CVSS	9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	11.11% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2008-12-10
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (4)

Vendor	Product
bitdefender	antivirus
bitdefender	bitdefender
bullguard	internet security
software602	groupware server

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	BitDefender - Module pdf.xmd Infinite Loop Denial of Service (PoC)	2008-11-20

References

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