Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1145

Title: Ruby-Lang Webrick Path Traversal / LFI

Path Traversal / LFI

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-1145

CWE Category CWE-22
Published Date Mar 04, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
59.85%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1145: Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yukihiro_matsumoto 1
R
ruby-lang 2

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29232 http://secunia.com/advisories/29357 http://secunia.com/advisories/29536 http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29232 http://secunia.com/advisories/29357 http://secunia.com/advisories/29536 http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1145 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.