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CVE-2008-5409

CRITICAL

9.3

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0040%

EPSS Percentile23.35th

PublishedDec 10, 2008

Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability Description

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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Bitdefender

Antivirus

= 10

📦

Bitdefender

Bitdefender

= 10

📦

Bullguard

Internet Security

= 8.5

📦

Software602

Groupware Server

= 6.0.08.1118

References & Advisories

🔗 http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-BitDefenderDOS.zip

🔗 http://osvdb.org/50010

🔗 http://osvdb.org/50103

🔗 http://osvdb.org/50205

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/27805

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32789

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32814

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32396

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