CVE-2008-4875: Philips Electronics VOIP841 Dect Phone

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Philips Electronics VOIP841 Dect Phone: version 1.0.4.48 only; version 1.0.4.50 only

Published 2008-11-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.