PT-2001-1813 · Faust Informatics · Freestyle Chat Server

Published 2001-08-14 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0615

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: Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat server versions prior to 4.1 SR3

Description: The issue allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted URL, which includes variations of a '..' (dot dot) attack, such as '...' or '....'. This is a directory traversal vulnerability.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 4.1 SR3, update to version 4.1 SR3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0615

Affected Products

Freestyle Chat Server

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/2776 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0241.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20882 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0615 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/1841 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6601 · Note