CVE-2008-3285

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The Filesys::SmbClientParser module 2.7 and earlier for Perl allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code via a folder name containing shell metacharacters.

Affected products

Alain Barbet Filesys Smbclientparser: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31175
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4027
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494536/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30290
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43910
http://secunia.com/advisories/31175
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4027
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494536/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30290
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43910

Get alerted when CVE-2008-3285 or the next vulnerability affects your stack