CVE-2008-5420

The SAN Manager Master Agent service (aka msragent.exe) in EMC Control Center before 6.1 does not properly authenticate SST_SENDFILE requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

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-2008-5420 is rated Moderate Risk (56.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.76%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5420

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 2025-03-30 0.72% 0.76% +0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.76% 0.72% -0.04%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5420

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5420

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-5420

Solution: http://secunia.com/advisories/32801 Apply Patches: EMC ControlCenter v 5.x: Update to version 5.2 SP5 Patch 4433. EMC ControlCenter v 6.x: Update to version 6.0 Patch 4434.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5420

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc control_center <= 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:control_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc control_center 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:emc:control_center:5.2:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5420

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