PT-1999-1847 · Altavista · Altavista

Published 1999-12-29 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0039

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: AltaVista search engine (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to read files above the document root by utilizing a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0039

Affected Products

Altavista

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19694 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0039 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/15 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/896 · Note