CVE-2008-4008

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the WebLogic Server Plugins for Apache component in BEA Product Suite 10.3, 10.0 MP1, 9.2 MP3, 9.1, 9.0, 8.1 SP6, 7.0 SP7, and 6.1 SP7 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2008 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the WebLogic Apache Connector, related to an invalid parameter.

Published: 2008-10-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4008 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 85.81%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4008

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16796 exploit_db edb 2010-07-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4008

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 2025-07-26 85.09% 85.81% +0.72%
2 2025-06-29 86.76% 85.09% -1.67%
3 2025-03-30 — 86.76% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4008

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-2008-4008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4008

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle bea_product_suite 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:6.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:7.0:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:8.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:9.2:mp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:10.0:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle bea_product_suite 10.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4008

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