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CVE-2008-1145

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1145 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick, a Ruby web server, affecting Ruby versions 1.8 and 1.9. This flaw allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files on systems supporting backslash path separators or case-insensitive filenames. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:webrick:-:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5215 · Mar 6, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1816 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ruby-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ruby-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1145Low

ruby: webrick directory traversal

Mar 3, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html
Broken LinkMailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29232
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29357
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29536
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30802
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/31687
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/32371
Not Applicable
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41010
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2338
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937
Broken Link
support.apple.com / kb/HT2163
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/5215
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html
Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123
Broken Link
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123
Broken Link
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/404515
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html
Third Party Advisory
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/28123
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0787
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1981/references
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