CVE-2008-6793

Exp

The get_file_type function in lib/file_content.php in DFLabs PTK 0.1, 0.2, and 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters after an arg1= sequence in a filename within a forensic image.

Published: 2009-05-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6793 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.74%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-6793

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7001 exploit_db edb 2008-11-05 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6793

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 2026-05-07 8.84% 9.74% +0.90%
2 2025-03-30 11.48% 8.84% -2.64%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.48% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6793

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6793

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6793

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dflabs ptk 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dflabs:ptk:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dflabs ptk 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:dflabs:ptk:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dflabs ptk 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dflabs:ptk:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6793

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