CVE-2008-1537 in PowerBook

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in pb_inc/admincenter/index.php in PowerScripts PowerBook 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the page parameter. NOTE: in some environments, this can be leveraged for remote file inclusion by using a UNC share pathname or an ftp, ftps, or ssh2.sftp URL.

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• Reservation: 03/28/2008
• Disclosure: 03/28/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-41739
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-22 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.06605
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1537
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1537
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1537/