CVE-2023-40160 (GCVE-0-2023-40160)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-03-18 00:32
Modified
2025-03-24 21:06
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Directory traversal
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability exists in Mailing List Search CGI (pmmls.exe) included in A.K.I Software's PMailServer/PMailServer2 products. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote attacker may obtain arbitrary files on the server.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
A.K.I Software pmmls.exe Version: 2.5.1.561 and earlier
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