CVE-2008-1117
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Notes (aka Flash Notes or instant messages) feature in tb2ftp.dll in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 69.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- Timbuktu Pro Directory Traversal/File Upload (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/motorola/timbuktu_fileuploadRank excellentdisclosed 10 May 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Motorola Timbuktu Pro - Directory Traversal / Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16339remote, windowspublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
- Motorola Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 - File Deletion/Creation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4455remote, windowspublished 11 Mar 2008Verified
- Motorola Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5/8.7 - Directory Traversal / Log Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5238remote, windowspublished 11 Mar 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 4455 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5238 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 69.5% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 20080310 Vulnerabilities in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4455 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 29316 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3741 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080311 Re: [Full-disclosure] Vulnerabilities in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/timbuto.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/timbuto-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080311 CORE-2008-0204: Timbuktu Pro Remote Path Traversal and Log Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 5238 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1126 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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