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CVE-2008-2403 (GCVE-0-2008-2403)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-04 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in unspecified ASP applications in Sun Java Active Server Pages (ASP) Server before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to read or delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Path parameter to the MapPath method.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29538 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020188 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1742… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/30523 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-06-03 00:00
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