CVE-2008-3727 (GCVE-0-2008-3727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-20 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30700 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/31534 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121881329424635&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6407 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/mailscan.txt x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2008-08-15 00:00
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