CVE-2008-5645

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the media server in Orb Networks Orb before 2.01.0022 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in an HTTP GET request.

Published: 2008-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5645 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-5645

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5645

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 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.24% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.24% 0.27% +0.03%
3 2025-03-17 0.24%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5645

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-2008-5645

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5645

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
orb_networks orb <= 2.01.0017 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.00.0930 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.00.0930:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.00.0989 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.00.0989:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.0.1014 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.0.1014:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.00.1014 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.00.1014:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.00.1084 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.00.1084:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.01.0008 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.01.0008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.01.0013 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.01.0013:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orb_networks orb 2.01.0015 cpe:2.3:a:orb_networks:orb:2.01.0015:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5645

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