CVE-2008-0488 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the tseekdir.cgi script within VB Marketing, allowing remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vb_marketing:vb_marketing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.