CVE-2008-4874

Exp

The web component in Philips Electronics VOIP841 DECT Phone with firmware 1.0.4.50 and 1.0.4.80 has a back door "service" account with "service" as its password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access.

Published: 2008-11-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4874 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.38%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-4874

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5113 exploit_db edb 2008-02-14 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4874

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 2025-12-21 12.58% 13.38% +0.80%
2 2025-11-25 9.78% 12.58% +2.79%
3 2025-10-31 9.78%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4874

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4874

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4874

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
philips_electronics voip841_dect_phone 1.0.4.48 cpe:2.3:h:philips_electronics:voip841_dect_phone:1.0.4.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
philips_electronics voip841_dect_phone 1.0.4.50 cpe:2.3:h:philips_electronics:voip841_dect_phone:1.0.4.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4874

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