CVE-2008-5409

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and (3) Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, possibly related to included compressed streams that were processed with the ASCIIHexDecode filter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5409 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.11%, 95th percentile). 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-2008-5409

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7178 exploit_db edb 2008-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5409

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 23.95% 11.11% -12.84%
2 2026-01-29 22.72% 23.95% +1.23%
3 2025-12-20 — 22.72% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5409

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-2008-5409

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5409

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bitdefender antivirus 10 cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus:10:_nil_:standard:*:*:*:*:*
bitdefender bitdefender 10 cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:bitdefender:10:_nil_:free_edition:*:*:*:*:*
bullguard internet_security 8.5 cpe:2.3:a:bullguard:internet_security:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
software602 groupware_server 6.0.08.1118 cpe:2.3:a:software602:groupware_server:6.0.08.1118:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5409

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