CVE-2008-3727

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: yes
Published: 2008-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Affected products

MicroWorld Technologies Mailscan: 5.6.a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121881329424635&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31534
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4172
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/mailscan.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30700
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44514
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6407
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121881329424635&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31534
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4172
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/mailscan.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30700

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