CVE-2008-0252
CherryPy Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 12, 2008, 2:46 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28353 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28354 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28611 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28620 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28769 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml Added Reference http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774 Added Reference http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775 Added Reference http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776 Added Reference http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1481 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27181 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0039 Added Reference https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00240.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00297.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 14, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0252 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-0252
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.70 }} -0.08%
score
0.85152
percentile