CVE-2008-4875
Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in Philips Electronics VOIP841 DECT Phone with firmware 1.0.4.50 and 1.0.4.80 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET request. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2008-4874 for unauthenticated access to sensitive files such as (1) save.dat and (2) apply.log, which can contain other credentials such as the Skype username and password.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4854)
- Published
- November 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4854 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- philips electronics / voip841 dect phone
- philips electronics / voip841 dect phone
References
- http://osvdb.org/42941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28978(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4536
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488127/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27790
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0583
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40534
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5113
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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