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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-2390 json

Hpufunction.dll 4.0.0.1 in HP Software Update exposes the unsafe (1) ExecuteAsync and (2) Execute methods, which allows remote attackers to…

published 2008-05-21 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2385

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.9%
EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Hpufunction.dll 4.0.0.1 in HP Software Update exposes the unsafe (1) ExecuteAsync and (2) Execute methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an absolute pathname in the first argument.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-5511)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5511 HP Software Update - 'Hpufunction.dll 4.0.0.1' Insecure Method remote, 2008-04-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

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.