openvpn: client command execution through remotely received configuration directives
Published Aug 4, 2008
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in OpenVPN 2.1-beta14 through 2.1-rc8, when running on non-Windows systems, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted (1) lladdr and (2) iproute configuration directives, probably related to shell metacharacters.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02117) | 81.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02117) | 79.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01085) | 75.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.25% (0.02251) | 74.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00806) | 72.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 73.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 72.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 68.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 83.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3459 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457667 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3459
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3459
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/change-log/changelog-21.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30532 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020626 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2316 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3459 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457667 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44209 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3459 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3459 |
Change history (0)
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