CVE-2008-6935 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Exodus 0.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary command line arguments, overwrite arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via encoded spaces in an im:// URI.

Published: 2009-08-11

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 5.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joe_fuhrman:exodus:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05381.

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References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/49888
http://retrogod.altervista.org/exodus_uri.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32729
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498389/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32330
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3191
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46663
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7145
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7167

History

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Joe Fuhrman Exodus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-11T20:25:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.449Z

Reserved: 2009-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6935

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-11T21:00:00.530

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:03:16.063

Link: CVE-2008-6935

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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