CVE-2008-0457

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the FileUpload class running on the Symantec LiveState Apache Tomcat server, as used by Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager 7.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary JSP files via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Symantec Backupexec System Recovery: 7.0, 7.01

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28787
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/297171.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487688/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27487
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019303
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.04.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0413
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-003.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5078
http://secunia.com/advisories/28787
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/297171.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487688/100/0/threaded

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