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CVE-2008-5991

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5991 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in MailWatch for MailScanner versions 1.0.4 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit module is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6552 · Sep 24, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0594 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

secunia.com / advisories/31994
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45393
exploit-db.com / exploits/6552
securityfocus.com / bid/31378
Exploit