The administration interface in McAfee E-Business Server 8.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long initial authentication packet.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0127 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 24.59%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4878 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-01-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-11-22 | 24.79% | 24.59% | -0.21% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 29.67% | 24.79% | -4.88% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 29.67% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 9.2 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mcafee | e-business_server | <= 8.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |