CVE-1999-1177 - Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arb

CVE-1999-1177

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

References

http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html
http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:lincoln_d._stein:nph-publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lincoln_d._stein:nph-publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 10-10-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

confirm	http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish
misc	http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html
xf	http-cgi-nphpublish(2055)

Last major update

10-10-2017 - 01:29

Published

31-12-1999 - 05:00

Last modified

10-10-2017 - 01:29