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Case File

CVE-2008-5991

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.94% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-01-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2008-5991
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.94%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in docs.php in MailWatch for MailScanner 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc parameter.