CVE-2008-2969

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) 1.4.3.1, and 1.4.2.8 and earlier, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dfile parameter.

Published: 2008-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2969 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). 1 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-2008-2969

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5861 exploit_db edb 2008-06-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2969

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 2.63% 2.83% +0.21%
2 2025-08-22 2.08% 2.63% +0.55%
3 2025-07-02 — 2.08% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2969

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2969

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2969

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yektaweb academic_web_tools <= 1.4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:yektaweb:academic_web_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yektaweb academic_web_tools 1.4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:yektaweb:academic_web_tools:1.4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2969

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