CVE-2008-0029

Cisco Application Velocity System (AVS) before 5.1.0 is installed with default passwords for some system accounts, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Published: 2008-01-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0029 is rated High Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.24%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0029

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.24% 2.24% +1.00%
2 2026-02-17 1.01% 1.24% +0.22%
3 2025-09-08 1.01%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0029

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0029

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0029

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco application_velocity_system <= 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_velocity_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0029

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