CVE-2008-1491
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DPC Proxy server (DpcProxy.exe) in ASUS Remote Console (aka ARC or ASMB3) 2.0.0.19 and 2.0.0.24 allows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 70.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DPC Proxy server (DpcProxy.exe) in ASUS Remote Console (aka ARC or ASMB3) 2.0.0.19 and 2.0.0.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to TCP port 623.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Asus Dpcproxy Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/asus_dpcproxy_overflowRank averagedisclosed 21 Mar 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Asus Dpcproxy - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16425remote, windowspublished 22 Jun 2010Verified
- ASUS DPC Proxy 2.0.0.16/19 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5694remote, windowspublished 29 May 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5694 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 70.1% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/asuxdpc-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- asus-asmb3-dpcproxy-bo(41358) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5694 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 3771 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 28394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080321 Buffer-overflow in ASUS Remote Console 2.0.0.24 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1493 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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