CVE-2008-5420

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Published Dec 10, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

The SAN Manager Master Agent service (aka msragent.exe) in EMC Control Center before 6.1 does not properly authenticate SST_SENDFILE requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:control_center::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:control_center:5.2:sp5::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5397	The SAN Manager Master Agent service (aka msragent.exe) in EMC Control Center before 6.1 does not properly authenticate SST_SENDFILE requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.3% (2.285% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/50032
http://secunia.com/advisories/32801
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4709
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498556/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32392
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021263
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3220
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-076/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46753

History

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Subscriptions

Emc Control Center

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 10, 2008, 1:33 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:56 AM
Reserved: Dec 10, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 10, 2008, 2:00 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

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