Is CVE-2008-6195 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-6195 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-6195?

CVE-2008-6195 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-6195

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PXE TFTP Service (PXEMTFTP.exe) in LANDesk Management Suite (LDMS) 8.80.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a subdirectory name followed by ".." sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1643.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 2.9% (87th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-6165)
Published: February 20, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6165 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

landesk / landesk management suite
landesk / landesk management suite
landesk / landesk management suite

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

LANDesk Management Suite 8 - LANDesk Software - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0034-2006 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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