Unscored severity · published Aug 13, 2008
CVE-2008-2938
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote…
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CVSS
99.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)99.7% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
4.0.0 through 4.1.37; 5.0.0 through 5.5.26; 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2938
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
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