CVE-2008-6938 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Pi3Web 2.0.3 before PL2, when installed on Windows as a desktop application and without using the Pi3Web/Conf/Intenet.pi3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and obtain the full pathname of the server via a request to a file in the ISAPI directory that is not an executable DLL, which triggers the crash when the DLL load fails, as demonstrated using Isapi\users.txt.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.73687.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Holger Zimmermann	Pi3web

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:holger_zimmermann:pi3web:2.0.2_beta_1:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0171.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32696
http://www.osvdb.org/49998
http://www.osvdb.org/49999
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498575
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498602
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498770
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498771
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32287
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46600
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7109

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-11T20:25:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.467Z

Reserved: 2009-08-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-6938

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-08-11T21:00:00.610

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

Link: CVE-2008-6938

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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