CVE-2008-2969
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 86th percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) 1.4.3.1, and 1.4.2.8 and earlier, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dfile parameter.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
2.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 86th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 6504 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
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Technical detail
CVSS 2.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Scored 5.0 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
- Authentication NoneNo authentication required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality PartialSome information is disclosed
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- securityfocus.com/archive/1/493472/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43175
- bugreport.ir/?/44
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