CVE-2008-5755

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in IntelliTamper 2.07 and 2.08 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MAP file containing a long URL, possibly a related issue to CVE-2006-2494.

Published: 2008-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5755 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.61%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2008-5755

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7582 exploit_db edb 2008-12-28 Exploit-DB ↗
6106 exploit_db edb 2008-07-21 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5755

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 2026-02-19 26.08% 25.61% -0.47%
2 2025-12-30 9.20% 26.08% +16.89%
3 2025-05-21 9.20%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5755

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-2008-5755

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5755

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
intellitamper intellitamper 2.07 cpe:2.3:a:intellitamper:intellitamper:2.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intellitamper intellitamper 2.08 cpe:2.3:a:intellitamper:intellitamper:2.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5755

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