CVE-2012-5972 (GCVE-0-2012-5972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-01-17 16:00
Modified
2025-07-07 19:55
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in SpecView 2.5 build 853 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (dot dot dot) in a URI.
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