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CVE-2005-2538 (GCVE-0-2005-2538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-08-10 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:30
VLAI
Summary
FlatNuke 2.5.5 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a null byte or (2) an MS-DOS device name such as AUX, CON, PRN, COM1, or LPT1 in the mod parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327238030127&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.rgod.altervista.org/flatnuke.html x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/16330 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/18550 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2005-08-04 00:00
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