CVE-2008-4399

Unspecified vulnerability in the database engine service in asdbapi.dll in CA ARCserve Backup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) r11.1 through r12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted request, related to "insufficient validation."

Published: 2008-10-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4399 is rated Moderate Risk (49.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4399

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 2025-03-30 2.01% 2.38% +0.37%
2 2025-03-29 2.38% 2.01% -0.37%
3 2025-03-17 2.38%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4399

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4399

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4399

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom arcserve_backup r12.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:arcserve_backup:r12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom business_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:business_protection_suite:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom server_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:server_protection_suite:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca arcserve_backup r11.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:arcserve_backup:r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca arcserve_backup r11.5 cpe:2.3:a:ca:arcserve_backup:r11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca business_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:ca:business_protection_suite:r2:*:microsoft_small_business_server_premium:*:*:*:*:*
ca business_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:ca:business_protection_suite:r2:*:microsoft_small_business_server_standard:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4399

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