CVE-2008-5121
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
dne2000.sys in Citrix Deterministic Network Enhancer (DNE) 2.21.7.233 through 3.21.7.17464, as used in (1) Cisco VPN Client, (2) Blue Coat WinProxy, and (3) SafeNet SoftRemote and HighAssurance Remote, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DNE_IOCTL DeviceIoControl request to the \\.\DNE device interface.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5100)
- Published
- November 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5100 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bluecoat / winproxy
- cisco / vpn client
- citrix / deterministic network enhancer
- citrix / deterministic network enhancer
- safenet / highassurance remote
- safenet / softremote vpn client
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30728(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30744(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30747(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30753
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4600
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX117751
- http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsm25860
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/dne2000-call.c
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858993(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29772
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1865
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1866
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1867
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1868
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43153
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5837
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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