CVE-2008-4875

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in Philips Electronics VOIP841 DECT Phone with firmware 1.0.4.50 and 1.0.4.80 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET request. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2008-4874 for unauthenticated access to sensitive files such as (1) save.dat and (2) apply.log, which can contain other credentials such as the Skype username and password.

Affected products

Philips Electronics Voip841 Dect Phone: 1.0.4.48, 1.0.4.50

References

http://osvdb.org/42941
http://secunia.com/advisories/28978
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4536
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488127/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27790
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0583
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40534
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5113
http://osvdb.org/42941
http://secunia.com/advisories/28978
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4536
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488127/100/200/threaded

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