CVE-2008-2017

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-2017 · Published 30/04/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2017 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting chicomas (chilkat software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chicomas chilkat_software	`= 2.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Chilek Content Management System (aka ChiCoMaS) 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the operation parameter to the default URI under install/.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/3837
securityfocus.com/archive/1/491369/100/0/threaded
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42144

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