CVE-2008-4425

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in upload.php in Phlatline's Personal Information Manager (pPIM) 1.0 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the file parameter within a delfile action.

Published: 2008-10-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4425 is rated High Exploit Risk (83/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.61%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-4425

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8105 exploit_db edb 2009-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗
6231 exploit_db edb 2008-08-11 Exploit-DB ↗
6215 exploit_db edb 2008-08-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4425

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 2025-12-12 2.91% 4.61% +1.70%
2 2025-11-23 2.31% 2.91% +0.60%
3 2025-10-03 2.31%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4425

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4425

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4425

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phlatline personal_information_manager 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phlatline:personal_information_manager:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4425

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