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CVE-2004-16781 exploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute…

Published 22 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.2%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-24591 PerlDesk Language Variable - Server-Side Script Execution · webapps · 2004-09-13

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/12512 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/19712 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/11160 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=109509026406554&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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