PT-2018-12506 · Man-Cgi · Man-Cgi

Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2018-14429

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions man-cgi versions prior to 1.16

Description The issue allows Local File Inclusion via absolute path traversal. This can be demonstrated by accessing a URI such as "cgi-bin/man-cgi?/etc/passwd".

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.16, update to version 1.16 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the man-cgi script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-14429

Affected Products

Man-Cgi

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14429 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14429 · Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148855/man-cgi-Local-File-Inclusion.html · Patch
• https://securityfocus.com/archive/1/542208/100/0/threaded · Patch