CVE-2008-0946

Directory traversal vulnerability in the IM Server (aka IMserve or IMserver) in Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary empty files via a .. (dot dot) in the recipient field.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-02-25

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Imserver (Ipswitch)
• Instant Messaging (Ipswitch)

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt
• http://aluigi.org/poc/ipsimene.zip
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27677