CVE-2008-2859

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail before 3.9g2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors related to an "imap command."

Published: 2008-06-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2859 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.38%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-2859

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5968 exploit_db edb 2008-06-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2859

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 5.54% 3.38% -2.16%
2 2025-08-15 4.42% 5.54% +1.11%
3 2025-06-25 4.42%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2859

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2859

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netwin surgemail <= 3.9g cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8b cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8d cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8f cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8f2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8f2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8f3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8f3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8i cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8i2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8i2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8i3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8i3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8k cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8k2 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8k2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8k3 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8k3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8k4 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8k4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8m cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8o cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8q cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8q:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8s cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.8u cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.8u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.9a cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.9c cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.9c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netwin surgemail 3.9e cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:3.9e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2859

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