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CVE-2008-5518

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
17/04/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 on Windows allow remote attackers to upload files to arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the (1) group, (2) artifact, (3) version, or (4) fileType parameter to console/portal//Services/Repository (aka the Services/Repository portlet); the (5) createDB parameter to console/portal/Embedded DB/DB Manager (aka the Embedded DB/DB Manager portlet); or the (6) filename parameter to the createKeystore script in the Security/Keystores portlet.

Impact

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

Base Score: 9.40 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
9.40
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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