CVE-2008-0396

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in BitDefender Update Server (http.exe), as used in BitDefender products including Security for Fileservers and Enterprise Manager (BDEM), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in an HTTP request.

Published: 2008-01-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0396 is rated High Exploit Risk (79/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.27%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0396

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31039 exploit_db edb 2008-01-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0396

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-09 7.79% 8.27% +0.48%
2 2025-03-30 7.97% 7.79% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.97% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0396

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0396

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0396

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bitdefender update_server — cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:update_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0396

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