Unscored severity · published Mar 30, 2009
CVE-2008-6536
Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats (c10)
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CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats (c10).
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
7Z
7-zip · 7-zip
through 4.56; 3.13; 4.20; 4.23; 4.24; 4.25; +30 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6536
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6536
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/43649
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29434
www.cert.fi
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
www.ee.oulu.fi
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28285
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0914/references
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