CVE-2008-4929

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2008-11-04 20:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-17 15:22Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-11-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-330Use of Insufficiently Random ValuesClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

24ad74ff361dc29eedd8bc3aa192f13771af827c6f4fadce40d653b168d6c378

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• archives.neohapsis.com20081027 MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabiltieshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.vupen.comADV-2008-2967http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2967vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• archives.neohapsis.com20081027 MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabiltieshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081101 CVE request (Fwd: MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST