CVE-2008-3727

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-08-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3727 is rated Exploit Available (57.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2008-3727

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3727

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 2025-05-05 0.57% 0.50% -0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.85% 0.57% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 0.85%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3727

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-2008-3727

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3727

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microworld_technologies mailscan 5.6.a cpe:2.3:a:microworld_technologies:mailscan:5.6.a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3727

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