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CVE-2008-3289
EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 sends the password hash in cleartext at an unspecified point, which allows remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 sends the password hash in cleartext at an unspecified point, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted packet.
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 | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% 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: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- retrospect-passwordhash-info-disclosure(43930) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30308 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080721 EMC Dantz Retrospect 7 backup Client PlainText Password Hash Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://kb.dantz.com/display/2/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9692&r=0.5160639 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2150 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-16.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 31186 (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-2008-3277 (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-2008-3289)Record last updated .