CVE-2008-4359 Details
lighttpd before 1.4.20 compares URIs to patterns in the (1) url.redirect and (2) url.rewrite configuration settings before performing URL decoding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or possibly modify data.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4359
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
4.35 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (90th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2008-4359
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
7.5 High
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CVE-2008-4359 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
BG 12,054 70.58%
US 981 5.74%
JP 587 3.44%
IT 563 3.30%
DE 423 2.48%
CA 258 1.51%
CN 212 1.24%
KR 185 1.08%
MA 184 1.08%
IN 179 1.05%

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CVE-2008-4359 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 1,740 55.50%
Telecommunications 1,239 39.52%
Utilities 93 2.97%
Education 15 0.48%
Government/Politics 14 0.45%
Business Services 7 0.22%
Tourism/Hospitality 5 0.16%
Energy/Resources 5 0.16%
Retail 5 0.16%
Engineering 3 0.10%

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