CVE-2008-6668

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in nweb2fax 0.2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) id parameter to comm.php and (2) var_filename parameter to viewrq.php.

Published: 2009-04-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6668 is rated Exploit Available (58.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). 2 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-2008-6668

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5856 exploit_db edb 2008-06-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6668

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 2025-12-06 1.08% 0.57% -0.50%
2 2025-03-30 4.12% 1.08% -3.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.12% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6668

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-2008-6668

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6668

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dirk_bartley nweb2fax <= 0.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:dirk_bartley:nweb2fax:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dirk_bartley nweb2fax 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:dirk_bartley:nweb2fax:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6668

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