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CVE-2008-1117· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Notes (aka Flash Notes or instant messages) feature in tb2ftp.dll in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Notes (aka Flash Notes or instant messages) feature in tb2ftp.dll in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to upload files to arbitrary locations via a destination filename with a \ (backslash) character followed by ../ (dot dot slash) sequences. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4220.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Mar 14, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
69.5% · 99th percentile
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CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
21 / 30 · 69.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
netopiatimbuktu pro

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • netopia timbuktu pro8.6.5

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2008-1118Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, does not perform input validation before logging information fields taken fro
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0142The authentication protocol in Timbuktu Pro 2.0b650 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via connections to port 407 and 141
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2008-1337The instant message service in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 RC 229 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (d
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2002-0135Netopia Timbuktu Pro 6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of connections to one of th
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0086Netopia Timbuktu Pro sends user IDs and passwords in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to obtain them via sniffing.
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2010-11-24
Exploit-DB entryremote2008-03-11
Exploit-DB entryremote2008-03-11
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/motorola/timbuktu_fileuploadTimbuktu Pro Directory Traversal/File Uploadexploit2008-05-10

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-4 d
  2. Published
  3. Metasploit+56 d
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+6774 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

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Vulnerable

ts
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

ts
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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