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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2008-0893 json

Red Hat Administration Server, as used by Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 EL4 and EL5, does not properly restrict access to CGI scripts, which…

published 2008-04-16 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0900

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat Administration Server, as used by Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 EL4 and EL5, does not properly restrict access to CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to perform administrative actions.

Patch / fix

  • redhat-ds-admin directory server 8 8.0.0-6.el5dsrv

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0201

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0893 updated cvss 5.8

Server: unrestricted access to CGI scripts

  • Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server) redhat-ds-admin 8.0.0-6.el5dsrv
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0201
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4) redhat-ds-admin 8.0.0-6.el4dsrv Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4) redhat-ds-admin 8.0.0-6.el4dsrv
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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.