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CVE-2008-6668

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6668 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in nweb2fax version 0.2.7 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. Specifically, attackers can exploit dot-dot sequences in the 'id' parameter of comm.php and the 'var_filename' parameter of viewrq.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for unauthorized information disclosure. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dirk_bartley:nweb2fax:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dirk_bartley:nweb2fax:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
15.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2008-6668 · Aug 6, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-5856 · Jun 18, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1535 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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, 0.0 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43172
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43173
exploit-db.com / exploits/5856
securityfocus.com / bid/29804
Exploit