Stack-based buffer overflow in DoubleTake.exe in HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring (SWSM) before 4.5 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encoded authentication request.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1661 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.52%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16450 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-07-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 5738 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-06-04 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-03-30 | 82.81% | 80.52% | -2.28% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 80.52% | 82.81% | +2.28% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 80.52% | — |
Full EPSS history (22 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
This issue was fixed in version 5.1 which was released July 11, 2008
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp | storageworks_storage_mirroring | 4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:hp:storageworks_storage_mirroring:4.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |