Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4500

Title: Solarwinds Serv-U File Server Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-4500

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Oct 09, 2008

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

10.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4500: Serv-U 7.0.0.1 through 7.3, including 7.2.0.1, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted stou command, probably related to MS-DOS device names, as demonstrated using "con:1".

Impacted Vendors

solarwinds 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/32150 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4377 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31556 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2746 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45652 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6660 http://secunia.com/advisories/32150 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4377 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31556 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2746 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45652 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6660

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4500 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6660

View Code

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 09, 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:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.