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CVE-2008-4346 (GCVE-0-2008-4346)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-30 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in TalkBack 2.3.6 and 2.3.6.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter to comments.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-3371.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31879 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31164 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-09-12 00:00
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