CVE-2008-5409
Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and (3) Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, possibly related to included compressed streams that were processed with the ASCIIHexDecode filter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 11.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5386)
- Published
- December 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5386 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bitdefender / antivirus
- bitdefender / bitdefender
- bullguard / internet security
- software602 / groupware server
References
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-BitDefenderDOS.zip
- http://osvdb.org/50010
- http://osvdb.org/50103
- http://osvdb.org/50205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27805(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32789(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32814(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32396(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46750
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7178
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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