PT-2001-1207 · Cgiforum · Cgiforum

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-1171

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: CGIForum version 1.0

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the thesection parameter of the cgiforum.pl script.

Recommendations: For CGIForum version 1.0, consider restricting access to the cgiforum.pl script until a patch is available, or avoid using the thesection parameter in the affected script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1171

Affected Products

Cgiforum

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20408 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1963 · Exploit
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0263.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1171 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5553 · Note