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CVE-2008-2938

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 99.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-08-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Apache. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 99.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-2938
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
99.71%
Apache

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.