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CVE-2008-2780
The Anubis (aka Anubis+Ripe160) plugin before 1.3 for encrypt stores the unencrypted file's size in cleartext in the header of the…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 36% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Anubis (aka Anubis+Ripe160) plugin before 1.3 for encrypt stores the unencrypted file's size in cleartext in the header of the encrypted file, which allows attackers to distinguish between encrypted data and random padding at the end of the encrypted file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- https://albinoloverats.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- anubis-filesize-information-disclosure(42652) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30388 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2008-2773 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-2780)Record last updated .