CVE-2008-0797 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/download.php in iTheora 1.0 rc1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the url parameter.

Published: 2008-02-15

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:itheora:itheora:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0804	Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/download.php in iTheora 1.0 rc1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the url parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01551.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Itheora
http://menguy.aymeric.free.fr/theora/news.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/28929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27788
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40506

History

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Subscriptions

Itheora Itheora

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-15T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:39.010Z

Reserved: 2008-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0797

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-15T22:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:50:22.510

Link: CVE-2008-0797

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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