CVE-2008-5048

Exp

Buffer overflow in Atepmon.sys in ISecSoft Anti-Trojan Elite 4.2.1 and earlier, and possibly 4.2.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long inputs to the 0x00222494 IOCTL.

Published: 2008-11-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5048 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-5048

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32572 exploit_db edb 2008-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5048

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 2026-06-15 0.23% 0.84% +0.61%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.23% +0.19%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5048

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-2008-5048

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5048

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isecsoft anti-trojan_elite <= 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isecsoft:anti-trojan_elite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isecsoft anti-trojan_elite 4.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:isecsoft:anti-trojan_elite:4.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isecsoft anti-trojan_elite 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isecsoft:anti-trojan_elite:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isecsoft anti-trojan_elite 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:isecsoft:anti-trojan_elite:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5048

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