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CVE-2008-0396

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Bitdefender Update Server: all versions

References

• http://oliver.greyhat.de/2008/01/19/bitdefender-unauthorized-remote-file-access-vulnerability/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28578
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3568
• http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/bitdefender.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486701/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27358
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0213
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39802
• http://oliver.greyhat.de/2008/01/19/bitdefender-unauthorized-remote-file-access-vulnerability/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28578
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3568
• http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/bitdefender.txt

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