CVE-2008-1157

Cisco CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) 2.6 creates a process that executes a command shell and listens on a randomly chosen TCP port, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2008-03-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1157 is rated High Risk (69/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.67%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1157

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 28.92% 20.67% -8.26%
2 2026-04-09 25.27% 28.92% +3.65%
3 2025-10-19 25.27%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1157

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-2008-1157

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1157

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1157

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