National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4875
Original release date:11/01/2008
Last revised:08/25/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in Philips Electronics VOIP841 DECT Phone with firmware 1.0.4.50 and 1.0.4.80 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET request. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2008-4874 for unauthenticated access to sensitive files such as (1) save.dat and (2) apply.log, which can contain other credentials such as the Skype username and password.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: XF
Name: voip841-saveapply-insecure-permissions(40534)
External Source: BID
Name: 27790
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080214 Philips VOIP841 Multiple Vulnerabilities
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 5113
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0583
Type: Advisory
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4536
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28978
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 42941