CVE-2008-5549 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5549?

CVE-2008-5549 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Dec 2008. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sun Java Web Console components in Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to access local files and read the product's configuration information via unknown vectors related to "access to secure files by ThemeServlet."

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5549?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Java System Portal Server.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5549?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5549 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-2008-5549 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5549 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2007-4289 Code injection in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2009-4187 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 4.3
• CVE-2009-1796 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 4.3
• CVE-2008-6192 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 4.3
• CVE-2010-4431 Information disclosure in n/a Low 1.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w8jw-hp7x-fhp5.