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CVE-2008-5419

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2008-12-10
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Stack-based buffer overflow in SAN Manager Master Agent service (aka msragent.exe) in EMC Control Center 5.2 SP5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple SST_CTGTRANS requests.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the SAN Manager Master Agent service (msragent.exe) in EMC Control Center versions 5.2 SP5 and 6.0. The flaw is triggered by sending multiple specially crafted SST_CTGTRANS requests to the affected service, allowing remote attackers to overflow a stack buffer and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected service.

MitigationApply the vendor patch from EMC for this vulnerability, or implement network-level controls to restrict access to the msragent.exe service to only trusted management networks. Consider disabling the SAN Manager Master Agent service if not required.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Control CenterApplication
Affected:= 5.2= 6.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed EMC Control Center version
    Use system inventory tools or check program files for EMC Control Center to determine the exact version number
    Affected if The installed version is 5.2 or 6.0
  2. Locate the msragent.exe process
    Check running processes or services for msragent.exe (the SAN Manager Master Agent)
    Affected if The msragent.exe process is running on the system
  3. Verify network exposure of the affected service
    Check if msragent.exe is listening on network ports and accessible from non-management network segments
    Affected if The service is exposed to untrusted network access

The environment is affected if EMC Control Center version 5.2 or 6.0 is installed AND the SAN Manager Master Agent service (msragent.exe) is running and reachable over the network.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply the vendor patch from EMC for this vulnerability, or implement network-level controls to restrict access to the msragent.exe service to only trusted management networks. Consider disabling the SAN Manager Master Agent service if not required.

Fix this in Control Center Scoped from the published advisory
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