CVE-2008-4875

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in Philips Electronics VOIP841 DECT Phone with firmware 1.0.4.50 and 1.0.4.80 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET request. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2008-4874 for unauthenticated access to sensitive files such as (1) save.dat and (2) apply.log, which can contain other credentials such as the Skype username and password.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5113

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40534

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0583

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27790

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488127/100/200/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4536

http://secunia.com/advisories/28978

http://osvdb.org/42941

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07056