CVE-2008-6840 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.9% (pctl 79)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in V-webmail 1.6.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) CONFIG[pear_dir] parameter to (a) Mail/RFC822.php, (b) Net/Socket.php, (c) XML/Parser.php, (d) XML/Tree.php, (e) Mail/mimeDecode.php, (f) Console/Getopt.php, (g) System.php, (h) Log.php, and (i) File.php in includes/pear/; the CONFIG[pear_dir] parameter to (j) includes/prepend.php, and (k) includes/cachedConfig.php; and the (2) CONFIG[includes] parameter to (l) prepend.php and (m) email.list.search.php in includes/. NOTE: the CONFIG[pear_dir] parameter to includes/mailaccess/pop3.php is already covered by CVE-2006-2666.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.94% — more likely to be exploited than 79% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-07-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| christof bruyland | v-webmail |
Public exploits
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0807-exploits/vwebmail-rfi.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30162
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46680
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0807-exploits/vwebmail-rfi.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30162
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46680
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