CVE-2008-0978

Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a packet of type (1) 0x2728, which provides operating system and path information; (2) 0x274e, which lists Ethernet adapters; (3) 0x2726, which provides filesystem information; (4) 0x274f, which specifies the printer driver; or (5) 0x2757, which provides recent log entries.

Published: 2008-02-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0978 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.49%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0978

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 0.55% 1.49% +0.94%
2 2026-05-12 0.52% 0.55% +0.04%
3 2025-03-30 0.52%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0978

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0978

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-0978

  • Double-Take (2009-06-12T00:00:00)

    These findings indicate risk only in a situation where a customer’s network security infrastructure has been breached. Double-Take is committed to continually improving the security of our products, and these findings will be addressed in a future release.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0978

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
double-take_software double-take 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:double-take_software:double-take:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double-take_software double-take 5.0.0.2865 cpe:2.3:a:double-take_software:double-take:5.0.0.2865:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0978

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