PT-2001-1460 · News Desk · News Desk

Published 2001-03-09 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0231

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 News Desk version 1.2

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by including a .. in the t parameter.

Recommendations For News Desk version 1.2, consider restricting access to the newsdesk.cgi script until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the t parameter in the newsdesk.cgi script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0231

Affected Products

News Desk

References · 5

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0042.html · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0231 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/496064 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5898 · Note