CVE-2008-6853

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in modules/poll/index.php in AIST NetCat 3.0 and 3.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the PollID parameter.

Published: 2009-07-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6853 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). 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-2008-6853

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7611 exploit_db edb 2008-12-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6853

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 0.29% 0.97% +0.68%
2 2025-12-30 0.13% 0.29% +0.16%
3 2025-09-23 0.13%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6853

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6853

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6853

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netcat netcat 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6853

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