CVE-2008-3820

Cisco Security Manager 3.1 and 3.2 before 3.2.2, when Cisco IPS Event Viewer (IEV) is used, exposes TCP ports used by the MySQL daemon and IEV server, which allows remote attackers to obtain "root access" to IEV via unspecified use of TCP sessions to these ports.

Published: 2009-01-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3820 is rated Moderate Risk (51.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.38%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3820

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 0.97% 1.38% +0.41%
2 2025-03-17 1.42% 0.97% -0.44%
3 2025-01-28 — 1.42% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3820

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3820

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3820

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco security_manager — cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.1.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.2:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_manager 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:3.2.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3820

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