National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3708
Original release date:08/19/2008
Last revised:01/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in dotCMS 1.6.0.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter to (1) news/index.dot and (2) getting_started/macros/macros_detail.dot.
Description
In order to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, the attacker would first be required to upload a malicious file or inject arbitrary commands into an existing file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: XF
Name: dotcms-index-macrosdetail-file-include(44491)
External Source: BID
Name: 30703
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 6247
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4163
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31516
Type: Advisory