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high 8.8

CVE-2018-8741 json

A directory traversal flaw in SquirrelMail 1.4.22 allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate (or potentially delete) files from the hos…

published 2018-03-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20351

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A directory traversal flaw in SquirrelMail 1.4.22 allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate (or potentially delete) files from the hosting server, related to ../ in the att_local_name field in Deliver.class.php.

Patch / fix

  • squirrelmail Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8741

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-8741 updated cvss 8.1

SquirrelMail: Directory traversal flaw in Deliver.class.php can allow a remote attacker to retrieve or delete arbitrary files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 squirrelmail
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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