CVE-2008-1381
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedZoneMinder before 1.23.3 allows remote authenticated users, and possibly unauthenticated attackers in some installations, to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a crafted URL.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceZoneMinder before version 1.23.3 contains a command injection vulnerability where shell metacharacters in crafted URLs are not properly sanitized, allowing authenticated users (and potentially unauthenticated attackers in certain configurations) to execute arbitrary commands on the host system.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 0.0.1= 0.9.7= 0.9.8= 0.9.9= 0.9.10= 0.9.11= 0.9.12= 0.9.13= 0.9.14= 0.9.15= 0.9.16= 1.17.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if ZoneMinder is installedLook for ZoneMinder installation directories (commonly /usr/share/zoneminder, /var/www/zoneminder, or check via package manager: dpkg -l | grep zoneminder or rpm -qa | grep zoneminder)Affected if ZoneMinder is found on the system
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Identify the installed versionCheck the version file or consult the package manager: cat /path/to/zoneminder/VERSION or dpkg -l zoneminder or rpm -qa zoneminderAffected if The version is 1.17.0 or earlier, or any version below 1.23.3
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Verify the web interface is accessibleCheck if the ZoneMinder web service is running and reachable (ps aux | grep zm, netstat -tlnp | grep 80 or curl http://localhost/zm)Affected if The web interface is exposed and reachable over the network
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Check if authentication is enforced on the web interfaceExamine the ZoneMinder configuration files (usually in /etc/zoneminder/zm.conf or within the web application) for AUTH_RELAY and AUTH_HASH settings, and attempt to access the interface without credentialsAffected if Authentication is disabled or set to none, allowing unauthenticated access to the vulnerable endpoints
You are affected if ZoneMinder versions 0.0.1 through 1.17.0 (or any version below 1.23.3) are installed with the web interface accessible, especially if authentication is not required.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to ZoneMinder 1.23.3 or later to patch the command injection vulnerability. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict access to the web interface to trusted users only and ensure authentication is required for all endpoints.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-1381 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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