CVE-2008-4437 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-4437

Directory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and 3.x before 3.0.5, when --attach_path is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML file with a .. (dot dot) in the data element.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bugzilla
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.22.1, 2.22.2, 2.22.3, 2.22.4, 2.23, 2.23.1, 2.23.2, 2.23.3, 2.23.4, 3.0.2, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 3rd, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.