CVE-2008-1571 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1571?

CVE-2008-1571 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the embedded web server in Image Capture in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the URI.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1571?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1571?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1571 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2008-1571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wqp9-hqgq-37f9.