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high 7.8

CVE-2008-4243 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in ImageServer (aka UTImageServer) in WebAdmin before 1.7 for Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) 1.3 al…

published 2008-09-25 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4226

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in ImageServer (aka UTImageServer) in WebAdmin before 1.7 for Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) 1.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6506)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6506 Unreal Tournament 3 1.3 - Directory Traversal remote, 2008-09-21
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31272 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.org http://aluigi.org/adv/ut3webown-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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