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Vulnerability · CVE-2008-6668

dirk_bartley nweb2fax Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Sep 19, 2024 · catalog updated Sep 19, 2024 · dirk_bartley nweb2fax Improper Limitation

Patch now

CVE-2008-6668 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm dirk_bartley nweb2fax Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (dirk_bartley nweb2fax Improper Limitation).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
14.04%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated nweb2fax · vendor dirk_bartley nweb2fax

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.

Are you affected?

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  • stated nweb2fax<= 0.2.7
  • vendor dirk_bartley nweb2faxversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2008-6668

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2008-6668 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm dirk_bartley nweb2fax Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 0.2.7. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 14.04%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 19, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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.

  2. Sep 19, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2008-6668

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2008-6668

    30-day exploitation probability 14.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2008-6668

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.