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CVE-2008-0396
Directory traversal vulnerability in BitDefender Update Server (http.exe), as used in BitDefender products including Security for…
High7.8EPSS 8.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in BitDefender Update Server (http.exe), as used in BitDefender products including Security for Fileservers and Enterprise Manager (BDEM), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in an HTTP request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 27358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080119 BitDefender Update Server - Unauthorized Remote File Access Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- bitdefender-http-server-directory-traversal(39802) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3568 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://oliver.greyhat.de/2008/01/19/bitdefender-unauthorized-remote-file-access-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28578 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/bitdefender.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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