CVE-2008-1278

Remotely Anywhere Server/Workstation <8.0.668 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-1278. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service vulnerability in RemotelyAnywhere by sending a malformed HTTP request with an 'Accept-Charset' header containing 'boom', causing the server to crash due to a NULL pointer dereference.

Description

The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31378

This exploit triggers a denial-of-service vulnerability in RemotelyAnywhere by sending a malformed HTTP request with an 'Accept-Charset' header containing 'boom', causing the server to crash due to a NULL pointer dereference.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: RemotelyAnywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.688
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29296
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489354/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41077
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0816/references
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/remotelynowhere-adv.txt
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28175

Scores

EPSS 0.0795
EPSS Percentile 92.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
remotelyanywhere/remotelyanywhere < 8.0.668 (2 CPE variants)
Published Mar 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026