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.
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.
| 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 ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| alt-n | securitygateway | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:securitygateway:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |