CVE-2008-4451

Exp

The SysInspector AntiStealth driver (esiasdrv.sys) 3.0.65535.0 in ESET System Analyzer Tool 1.1.1.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a certain METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL request to \Device\esiasdrv that overwrites a pointer.

Published: 2008-10-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4451 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). 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-2008-4451

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6647 exploit_db edb 2008-10-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4451

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 2025-12-14 0.15% 0.29% +0.13%
2 2025-10-06 0.14% 0.15% +0.01%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4451

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4451

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4451

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eset_software system_analyzer_tool 1.1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:eset_software:system_analyzer_tool:1.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4451

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