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CVE-2008-0946

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0946 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) Server versions 2.0.8.1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote, authenticated attackers to create arbitrary empty files by using ".." sequences in the recipient field. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating medium attack complexity and requiring authentication, with potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:instant_messaging:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0355 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,424 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/ipsimene-adv.txt
Exploit
aluigi.org / poc/ipsimene.zip
Exploit
securityreason.com / securityalert/3697
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27677