CVE-2008-0153

Pragma TelnetServer 7.0.4.589 - Denial of Service via Crafted TELOPT PRAGMA LOGON Telnet Option

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0153. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pragma TelnetServer due to improper handling of certain telnet options. Attackers can terminate the server by exploiting this issue.

Description

telnetd.exe in Pragma TelnetServer 7.0.4.589 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash and resource exhaustion) via a crafted TELOPT PRAGMA LOGON telnet option, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30991

The exploit describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pragma TelnetServer due to improper handling of certain telnet options. Attackers can terminate the server by exploiting this issue.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Pragma TelnetServer 7.0 Build 4 Revision 589
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the vulnerable TelnetServer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39353
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27143
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pragmatel-adv.txt
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119947184730448&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.1312
EPSS Percentile 95.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
pragma_systems/pragma_telnetserver 7.0.4.589
Published Jan 09, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026