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CVE-2008-1751 (GCVE-0-2008-1751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-11 20:28 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in index.php in Ksemail allow remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) language and (2) lang parameters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/44362 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/29776 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5423 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28724 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-04-10 00:00
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