CVE-2008-2073

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in include/global.inc.php in Virtual Design Studio vlbook 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.

Published: 2008-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2073 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.84%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2073

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5529 exploit_db edb 2008-05-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2073

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 2026-06-15 7.76% 2.84% -4.92%
2 2026-04-12 7.03% 7.76% +0.73%
3 2025-11-29 — 7.03% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2073

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2073

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2073

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
virtual_design_studios vlbook 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:virtual_design_studios:vlbook:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2073

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