CVE-2008-4049

Exp

A certain ActiveX control in fwRemoteCfg.dll 3.3.3.1 in Friendly Technologies FriendlyPPPoE Client 3.0.0.57 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via arguments to the RunApp method.

Published: 2008-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4049 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.23%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-4049

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6324 exploit_db edb 2008-08-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4049

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 4.64% 4.23% -0.41%
2 2025-11-01 3.21% 4.64% +1.44%
3 2025-09-11 — 3.21% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4049

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-2008-4049

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4049

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
friendly_technologies friendly_pppoe_client 3.0.0.57 cpe:2.3:a:friendly_technologies:friendly_pppoe_client:3.0.0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4049

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