CVE-2008-6668 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in nweb2fax 0.2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) id parameter to comm.php and (2) var_filename parameter to viewrq.php.

Published: 2009-04-08

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 15.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dirk_bartley:nweb2fax::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:dirk_bartley:nweb2fax:0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6630	Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in nweb2fax 0.2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) id parameter to comm.php and (2) var_filename parameter to viewrq.php.

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 0.15346.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43172
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43173
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5856

History

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Subscriptions

Dirk Bartley Nweb2fax

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-08T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:41:58.955Z

Reserved: 2009-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6668

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-08T10:30:00.280

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:02:44.093

Link: CVE-2008-6668

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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