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CVE-2005-4208 (GCVE-0-2005-4208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-13 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:38
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00) in the id parameter of the read module.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2005-12-10 00:00
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