Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3459

RCE

Title: Openvpn RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3459.

CWE Category CWE-16

Published Date Aug 04, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3459: Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.

Impacted Vendors

openvpn 1

aviatrix 1

Reference Links

http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209 http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3459 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 04, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.