CVE-2008-4728

Exp

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the DeployRun.DeploymentSetup.1 (DeployRun.dll) ActiveX control 10.0.0.44 in Hummingbird Deployment Wizard 2008 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the (1) Run and (2) PerformUpdateAsync methods, and (3) modify arbitrary registry values via the SetRegistryValueAsString method. NOTE: the SetRegistryValueAsString method could be leveraged for code execution by specifying executable file values to Startup folders.

Published: 2008-10-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4728 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 24.52%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 6 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-2008-4728

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6774 exploit_db edb 2008-10-17 Exploit-DB ↗
6776 exploit_db edb 2008-10-17 Exploit-DB ↗
6773 exploit_db edb 2008-10-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4728

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 2026-05-07 30.12% 24.52% -5.60%
2 2025-12-13 32.92% 30.12% -2.80%
3 2025-07-08 32.92%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4728

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-2008-4728

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hummingbird deployment_wizard 2008 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:deployment_wizard:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4728

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