CVE-2008-5991 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-5991

Directory traversal vulnerability in docs.php in MailWatch for MailScanner 1.0.4...

Vulnerability 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.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mailwatch
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.1, 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: January 28th, 2009
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.