CVE-2008-1118
Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, does not perform input validation before logging information fields taken…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, does not perform input validation before logging information fields taken from packets from a remote peer, which allows remote attackers to generate crafted log entries, and possibly avoid detection of attacks, via modified (1) computer name, (2) user name, and (3) IP address fields.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- 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 exploit1 reference
- 5238 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 29316 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3742 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 28081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- timbuktu-log-security-bypass(41330) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080311 CORE-2008-0204: Timbuktu Pro Remote Path Traversal and Log Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-1127 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-1118)Record last updated .