CVE-2008-3285

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2008-3285 · Published 24/07/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-3285 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting filesys smbclientparser (alain barbet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.9%, higher than 94.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
filesys smbclientparser alain_barbet	`= 2.1= 2.2= 2.3= 2.4= 2.5= 2.6= 2.7`	No fix yet

Description

The Filesys::SmbClientParser module 2.7 and earlier for Perl allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code via a folder name containing shell metacharacters.

References

secunia.com/advisories/31175 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/4027
securityfocus.com/archive/1/494536/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/30290
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43910

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