CVE-2008-1093
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
Acresso InstallShield Update Agent does not properly verify the authenticity of Rule Scripts obtained from GetRules.asp web pages on FLEXnet Connect servers, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary VBScript code via Trojan horse Rules.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (76th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1104)
- Published
- September 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1104 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- acresso / flexnet connect
- acresso / intallshield update agent
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31896
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4268
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/837092(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496389/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31204
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020893
- http://www.simplicity.net/vuln/CVE-2008-1093.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2613
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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