CVE-2008-4437

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4437
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-03 22:22:45 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in importxml.pl in Bugzilla before 2.22.5, and 3.x before 3.0.5, when --attach_path is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML file with a .. (dot dot) in the data element.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.22.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.22.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.22.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.22.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.23 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.23.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.23.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.23.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.23.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.1.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
3.0.4, 3.1.4, and 2.22.4 Security Advisory :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bugzilla.org
Fedora update for bugzilla - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
437169 – [SECURITY] Local files on the server can be attached to a bug (making them publicly visible) when importing bugs with -attach_path af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
Bugzilla '--attach_path' Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: bugzilla-3.2.2-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bugzilla 'importxml.pl' with '--attach_path' Option Lets Users Attach Local Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: bugzilla-3.2.2-2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bugzilla importxml.pl Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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