CVE-2008-1106
The management interface in Akamai Client (formerly Red Swoosh) 3322 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an HTTP request that contains (1) no Referer header, or (2) a spoofed Referer header that matches an approved domain, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and force the client to download and execute arbitrary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1115)
- Published
- June 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1115 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- akamai technologies / client
- red swoosh / client
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30135(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-19/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3930
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493169/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493170/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020208
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1761/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42895
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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