CVE-2008-5982
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 7.8%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in BMC PATROL Agent before 3.7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid version number to TCP port 3181, which are not properly handled when writing a log message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5952)
- Published
- January 27, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5952 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
- bmc / patrol agent
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- BMC Software PATROL, V3.4.11 - BMC Software, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0024-2002 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33049(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499013/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32692
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021361
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3379
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-082/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47175
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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