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    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.

    Published:Mar 3, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 4, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.5985
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Ruby-lang
    Product
    Ruby
    Vendor
    Ruby-lang
    Product
    Webrick

    Exploits

    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215

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    References

    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High