CVE-2000-1171 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.

Published: 2001-05-07

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 8.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markus_triska:cgiforum:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-1156	Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08333.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0263.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1963
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5553

History

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Subscriptions

Markus Triska Cgiforum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.328Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1171

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:53:18.540

Link: CVE-2000-1171

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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