Path Traversal in Ipswitch Imserver
CVE-2008-0946
Directory traversal vulnerability in the IM Server (aka IMserve or IMserver) in Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary empty files via a .. (dot dot) in the recipient field.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (89.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27677 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3697 (third-party-advisory)
- aluigi.org/poc/ipsimene.zip (Exploit)