CVE-2008-1055

Exp

Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the page parameter.

Published: 2008-02-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1055 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.95%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1055

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31300 exploit_db edb 2008-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1055

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 21.40% 7.95% -13.46%
2 2026-05-14 21.60% 21.40% -0.20%
3 2025-04-18 — 21.60% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1055

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1055

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1055

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netwin surgemail <= 38k4 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.8a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.8b3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.8b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.8d cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.8d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.8e cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.8e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.8g3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.8g3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 1.9b2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.9b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.0a2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.0c cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.0e cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.0g2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0g2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.1a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.1c7 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.1c7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.2a6 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.2a6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.2c9 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.2c9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.2c10 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.2c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.2g2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.2g2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 2.2g3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.2g3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.0a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.0c2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.0c2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8f3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8f3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 39a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:39a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail beta_39a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:beta_39a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin webmail <= 3.1s cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1055

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