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CVE-1999-1051

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/11/1999
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Default configuration in Matt Wright FormHandler.cgi script allows arbitrary directories to be used for attachments, and only restricts access to the /etc/ directory, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the reply_message_attach attachment parameter.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formhandler.cgi:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formhandler.cgi:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formhandler.cgi:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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