CVE-2008-6668 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 0.00573.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dirk Bartley Subscribe	Nweb2fax Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2008-6668

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-6668

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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