CVE-2008-2367

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 uses world-readable permissions for password.conf and unspecified other configuration files, which allows local users to discover passwords by reading these files.

Published: 2009-01-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2367 is rated Low Risk (13.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2367

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 0.04% 0.24% +0.20%
2 2023-03-07 1.10% 0.04% -1.06%
3 2023-02-13 1.10%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2367

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2367

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2367

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2367

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2367

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat certificate_system 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2367

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