CVE-2008-4796

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4796
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-30 20:56:54 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe _httpsrequest function (Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php) in Snoopy 1.2.3 and earlier, as used in (1) ampache, (2) libphp-snoopy, (3) mahara, (4) mediamate, (5) opendb, (6) pixelpost, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in https URLs.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All
Application Snoopy Project Snoopy All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000074.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Nagios Core 4.x Version History - Nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nagios.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1691-1 moodle af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
SourceForge.net: News: Snoopy 1.2.4 security fix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-26) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE-2008-4796: snoopy triage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1871-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Snoopy "_httpsrequest()" Shell Command Execution Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
JVN#20502807 Snoopy command injection vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710470 Gentoo Linux NagInternetwork Operating System Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-26)

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