CVE-2008-4193

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in SecurityGateway.dll in Alt-N Technologies SecurityGateway 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username parameter.

Published: 2008-09-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4193 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.45%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2008-4193

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16803 exploit_db edb 2010-07-07 Exploit-DB ↗
5827 exploit_db edb 2008-06-15 Exploit-DB ↗
5718 exploit_db edb 2008-06-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4193

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 2025-03-19 79.54% 80.45% +0.91%
2 2025-03-17 84.82% 79.54% -5.29%
3 2025-02-26 84.82%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4193

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-2008-4193

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4193

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n securitygateway 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:securitygateway:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4193

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