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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-5405 in the critical feed json

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 atta…

published 2008-12-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5382

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
47.0%
EPSS 47.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/cain_abel_4918_rdp)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

46.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.