CVE-2008-4050

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 (1) create and read arbitrary registry values via the RegistryValue method, and (2) read arbitrary files via the GetTextFile 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-2008-4050 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.45%, 93th percentile). 2 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-2008-4050

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6334 exploit_db edb 2008-08-30 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4050

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 2025-11-01 10.48% 11.45% +0.96%
2 2025-09-17 6.19% 10.48% +4.30%
3 2025-09-11 — 6.19% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4050

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4050

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4050

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-2008-4050

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