CVE-2008-2015 describes multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in ActiveX controls within WatchFire AppScan 7.0. These flaws allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by supplying full pathnames to specific methods, potentially leading to code execution if files are written to a Startup folder. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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