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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5991

CVE-2008-5991

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.

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Affected products

9
  • Mailwatch/Mailwatch9 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.4
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mailwatch:mailwatch:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.0.4

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