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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

Published Apr 30, 2008

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.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 30, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 29, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2015
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2008-2015
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2008-2015