CVE-2008-4243

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in ImageServer (aka UTImageServer) in WebAdmin before 1.7 for Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) 1.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Published: 2008-09-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4243 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.70%). 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-2008-4243

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6506 exploit_db edb 2008-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4243

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 17.71% 3.70% -14.01%
2 2025-12-13 16.74% 17.71% +0.97%
3 2025-11-15 — 16.74% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4243

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-2008-4243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
epic_games unreal_tournament_3 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_tournament_3:1.3:build_3601:linux:*:*:*:*:*
epic_games unreal_tournament_3 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_tournament_3:1.3:build_3601:windows:*:*:*:*:*
epic_games unreal_tournament_3 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_tournament_3:1.3:build_3614:linux:*:*:*:*:*
epic_games unreal_tournament_3 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_tournament_3:1.3:build_3614:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4243

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