CVE-2008-7158

critical

Description

Numara FootPrints 7.5a through 7.5a1 and 8.0 through 8.0a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) transcriptFile parameter to MRcgi/MRchat.pl or (2) LOADFILE parameter to MRcgi/MRABLoad2.pl. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://footprintssupport.numarasoftware.com/MRcgi/MRTicketPage.pl?USER=&MRP=0&PROJECTID=4&MR=89552&MAXMININC=&MAJOR_MODE=DETAILS

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39810

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27373

http://secunia.com/advisories/28390

http://osvdb.org/42816

http://osvdb.org/42813

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-09-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04536