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CVE-2008-2073 (GCVE-0-2008-2073)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in include/global.inc.php in Virtual Design Studio vlbook 1.21 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the l parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3854 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491519/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/30046 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5529 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29006 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-05-01 00:00
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