CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2015
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in certain ActiveX controls in WatchFire AppScan 7.0 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) CompactSave and (2) SaveSession method in one control, and the (3) saveRecordedExploreToFile method in a different control. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
Affected configurations
• watchfire appscan 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28940 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019948 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42077 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5496 www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28940 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019948 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42077 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5496 www.exploit-db.com