CVE-2008-1661

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-06-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1661

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16450 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
5738 exploit_db edb 2008-06-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1661

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1661

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-2008-1661

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-1661

  • Double-Take (2009-05-08T00:00:00)

    This issue was fixed in version 5.1 which was released July 11, 2008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1661

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp storageworks_storage_mirroring 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:hp:storageworks_storage_mirroring:4.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1661

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