CVE-2008-2512

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager 7.x before 7.0.4 and 8.x before 8.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Symantec Backupexec System Recovery: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 8.0, 8.0.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30432
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.28c.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29350
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020128
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1686/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42714
http://secunia.com/advisories/30432
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.28c.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29350
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020128
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1686/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42714

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