CVE-2008-5408
Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0 build 1364, and 12.5 build 2213 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers by leveraging CVE-2008-5407.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 1021246 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/314528.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32810 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.11.19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- backupexec-dataprotocol-bo(46731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-5385 (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-2008-5408)Record last updated .