CVE-2008-1093

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1093
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-18 15:04:27 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAcresso InstallShield Update Agent does not properly verify the authenticity of Rule Scripts obtained from GetRules.asp web pages on FLEXnet Connect servers, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary VBScript code via Trojan horse Rules.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Acresso Flexnet Connect All All All All
Application Acresso Intallshield Update Agent All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Acresso FLEXnet Connect 'GetRules.asp' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FLEXnet Connect/InstallShield Update Agent Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FlexNET Connect Insecure Script Execution Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.simplicity.net
SecurityReason - InstallShield Update Agent - Downloads and executes "Rule Scripts" insecurely. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
VU#837092 - InstallShield / Macrovision / Acresso FLEXnet Connect insecurely retrieves and executes scripts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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