CVE-2008-5405
Stack-based buffer overflow in the RDP protocol password decoder in Cain & Abel 4.9.23 and 4.9.24, and possibly earlier, allows remote…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 47.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the RDP protocol password decoder in Cain & Abel 4.9.23 and 4.9.24, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RDP file containing a long string.
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 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules1 module
- Cain and Abel RDP Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/cain_abel_4918_rdpRank gooddisclosed 30 Nov 2008
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Cain & Abel 4.9.24 - RDP Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16659local, aixpublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
- Cain & Abel 4.9.23 - '.rdp' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7329local, windowspublished 3 Dec 2008Verified
- Cain & Abel 4.9.23 - '.rdp' Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7297dos, windowspublished 30 Nov 2008Verified
- Cain & Abel 4.9.24 - '.rdp' Local Stack Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7309local, windowspublished 30 Nov 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 7309 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 7297 (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
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 47.0% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 7309 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- cainabel-rdp-bo(46940) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 50342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://oxid.netsons.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4703 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 7297 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2008-5382 (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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