CVE-2008-1491

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DPC Proxy server (DpcProxy.exe) in ASUS Remote Console (aka ARC or ASMB3) 2.0.0.19 and 2.0.0.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to TCP port 623.

Published: 2008-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1491 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.72%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-1491

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16425 exploit_db edb 2010-06-22 Exploit-DB ↗
5694 exploit_db edb 2008-05-29 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1491

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 2025-12-04 86.69% 88.72% +2.03%
2 2025-04-14 86.55% 86.69% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 — 86.55% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1491

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-2008-1491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
asus remote_console 2.0.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:asus:remote_console:2.0.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asus remote_console 2.0.0.24 cpe:2.3:a:asus:remote_console:2.0.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1491

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