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CVE-2008-2015

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in certain ActiveX controls in WatchFire AppScan 7.0 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) CompactSave and (2) SaveSession method in one control, and the (3) saveRecordedExploreToFile method in a different control. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected products

• Watchfire Appscan: 7.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28940
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019948
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42077
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5496
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28940
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019948
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42077
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5496

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