MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .
Published Aug 20, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.85%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.6.a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.85% 0.02848
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02848
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02848) | 86.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02848) | 84.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00571) | 66.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.41% (0.03412) | 91.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01074) | 83.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.04% (0.01043) | 81.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121881329424635&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31534 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/mailscan.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30700 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44514 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6407 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121881329424635&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31534 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4172 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/mailscan.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30700 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44514 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6407 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 20, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 20, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3727
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a