CVE-2008-4048

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-4048 · Published 11/09/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4048 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting friendly pppoe client (friendly technologies).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.9%, higher than 94.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
friendly pppoe client friendly_technologies	`= 3.0.0.57`	No fix yet

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in fwRemoteCfg.dll 3.3.3.1 in Friendly Technologies FriendlyPPPoE Client 3.0.0.57 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the CreateURLShortcut method.

References

secunia.com/advisories/31644 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/4242
securityfocus.com/bid/30891 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44755
exploit-db.com/exploits/6323

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