CVE-2008-4346 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in TalkBack 2.3.6 and 2.3.6.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter to comments.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-3371.

Published: 2008-09-30

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:talkback:talkback:2.3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:talkback:talkback:2.3.6.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4327	Directory traversal vulnerability in TalkBack 2.3.6 and 2.3.6.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter to comments.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-3371.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02843.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31879
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4267
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31164
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2565
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45102
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6451

History

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Subscriptions

Talkback Talkback

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-30T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:35.151Z

Reserved: 2008-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4346

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-30T18:15:08.623

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:57:38.770

Link: CVE-2008-4346

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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