CVE-2008-4421

HIGH 7.8CVE-2008-4421 · Published 07/10/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4421 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting metagauge (hammer-software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
metagauge hammer-software	`= 1.0.0.17≤ 1.0.0.20`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in MetaGauge 1.0.0.17, and probably other versions before 1.0.3.38, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a "..\" (dot dot backslash) in the URL.

References

secunia.com/advisories/32094 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/4360
securityfocus.com/archive/1/497039/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/31596 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2747
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45697
exploit-db.com/exploits/6686

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