THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-2015
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2015

Appscan vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
8.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in certain ActiveX controls in WatchFire AppScan 7.0 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) CompactSave and (2) SaveSession method in one control, and the (3) saveRecordedExploreToFile method in a different control. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
Affected vendor
Watchfire
Affected product
Appscan
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-04-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2015

  • Confirm whether Watchfire Appscan is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2015.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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