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CVE-2008-2390

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Hpufunction.dll 4.0.0.1 in HP Software Update exposes the unsafe (1) ExecuteAsync and (2) Execute methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an absolute pathname in the first argument.

Affected products

• HP Software Update: 4.0.0.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42249
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5511
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42249
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5511

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