CVE-2004-0050

critical

Description

Verity Ultraseek before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the document root via an MS-DOS device name in the web search option, such as (1) NUL, (2) CON, (3) AUX, (4) COM1, (5) COM2, and others.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16066

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377388114888&w=2

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020952.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q2/0024.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-06-14

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00357