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CVE-2008-1157

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) 2.6 creates a process that executes a command shell and listens on a randomly chosen TCP port, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Ciscoworks Internetwork Performance Monitor: 2.6

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29376
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080313-ipm.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28249
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019611
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0876/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41208
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29376
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080313-ipm.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28249
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019611
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0876/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41208

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