Vulnerability CVE-2008-5991
Published: 2009-01-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
mailwatch <= 1.0.4 (docs.php doc) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
dun
31.01.2009

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mailwatch -> Mailwatch 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45393
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31378
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6552
http://secunia.com/advisories/31994
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