CVE-2008-0640

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.1 before 1.1 patch 2, 2.0.0, and 2.0.1 does not authenticate connections between the console and the Ghost Management Agent, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified RPC requests in conjunction with ARP spoofing.

Published: 2008-02-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0640 is rated High Risk (69.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.93%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0640

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 3.50% 2.93% -0.57%
2 2025-03-30 5.33% 3.50% -1.83%
3 2025-03-29 5.33%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0640

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-2008-0640

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0640

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec ghost_solutions_suite 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:ghost_solutions_suite:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec ghost_solutions_suite 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:ghost_solutions_suite:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec ghost_solutions_suite 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:ghost_solutions_suite:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0640

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