Path Traversal in Mailscanner

CVE-2008-5991

Directory traversal vulnerability in docs.php in MailWatch for MailScanner 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.059 (92.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mailscanner
Mailwatch — versions 0.3, 0.4, 0.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)