CVE-2008-7031

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Remote Access Server (aka WAC Server) 2.0 Build 3503 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SSH packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0151.

Published: 2009-08-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7031 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.27%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-7031

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31232 exploit_db edb 2008-02-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7031

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 2026-02-17 4.21% 8.27% +4.06%
2 2026-01-13 3.95% 4.21% +0.27%
3 2025-03-30 3.95%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7031

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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: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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
foxitsoftware wac_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:wac_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7031

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