Path Traversal in Powerscripts Powerbook
CVE-2008-1537
Directory traversal vulnerability in pb_inc/admincenter/index.php in PowerScripts PowerBook 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the page parameter. NOTE: in some environments, this can be leveraged for remote file inclusion by using a UNC share pathname or an ftp, ftps, or ssh2.sftp URL.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.029 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Powerscripts Powerbook — versions 1.21
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490008/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5302 (exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41393 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3783 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29480 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28418 (vdb-entry)