CVE-2008-1145

Ruby 1.8.6/1.9 (WEBick HTTPd 1.3.1) - Directory Traversal

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en WEBrick en Ruby versiones 1.8 anteriores a 1.8.5-p115 y 1.8.6-p114, y versiones 1.9 hasta 1.9.0-1, cuando se ejecuta en sistemas que admiten separadores de ruta de barra invertida (\) o nombres de archivo sin distinción entre mayúsculas y minúsculas, permite a atacantes remotos acceder a archivos arbitrarios por medio de secuencias o (1) "..%5c" (barra invertida codificada) o (2) nombres de archivo que coinciden con los patrones de la opción :NondisclosureName.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-03-04 CVE Reserved
2008-03-04 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (29)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29536	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371	Not Applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123	Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123	Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215	2024-08-07
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html	2023-08-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html	2023-08-01
http://secunia.com/advisories/29232	2023-08-01
http://secunia.com/advisories/29357	2023-08-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141	2023-08-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142	2023-08-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html	2023-08-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html	2023-08-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html	2023-08-01
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1145	2008-10-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435902	2008-10-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Webrick Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Webrick"	-	ruby	Affected	in	Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Ruby Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby"	>= 1.8.0 < 1.8.5.115 Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version " >= 1.8.0 < 1.8.5.115"	-	Safe
Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Webrick Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Webrick"	-	ruby	Affected	in	Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Ruby Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby"	>= 1.8.6 < 1.8.6.114 Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version " >= 1.8.6 < 1.8.6.114"	-	Safe
Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Webrick Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Webrick"	-	ruby	Affected	in	Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Ruby Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby"	1.9.0 Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version "1.9.0"	-	Safe
Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Webrick Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Webrick"	-	ruby	Affected	in	Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"	Ruby Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby"	1.9.0.1 Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version "1.9.0.1"	-	Safe
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				7 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "7"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				8 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "8"		-		Affected