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CVE-2004-1678

MediumPublished

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl...

Published: Feb 20, 2005
Updated: Aug 8, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Sep 13, 2004

Primary CVSS

5.0/ 10Medium

nvd · CVSS 2.0

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

EPSS probability estimate

7.2%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 94.1%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.

Sources

PerlDesk Language Variable - Server-Side Script ExecutionExploit
Nikyt0x Argentina · cgi · Sep 13, 2004

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