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CVE-2008-5991

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in docs.php in MailWatch for MailScanner 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc parameter.

Affected products

• Mailwatch: through 1.0.4; 0.3-beta, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.1, 1.0, 1.0.2 (+1)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31994
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31378
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45393
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6552
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31994
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31378
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45393
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6552

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