CVE-2008-1136

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2008-1136 · Published 04/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1136 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting synce (synce).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.8%, higher than 94.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
synce synce	`= 0.10.0= 0.92`	No fix yet

Description

The Utils::runScripts function in src/utils.cpp in vdccm 0.92 through 0.10.0 in SynCE (SynCE-dccm) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a certain string to TCP port 5679.

References

secunia.com/advisories/29228
secunia.com/advisories/29285
securityreason.com/securityalert/3710
sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php
coresecurity.com
securityfocus.com/archive/1/485884/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/27178 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/28141
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39506
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00131.html

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