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CVE-2008-5991

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
28/01/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in docs.php in MailWatch for MailScanner 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc parameter.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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