CVE-2012-5641

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the partition2 function in mochiweb_util.erl in MochiWeb before 2.4.0, as used in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the default URI.

References

https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb/issues/92

https://github.com/melkote/mochiweb/commit/ac2bf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81240

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5525

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57313

http://secunia.com/advisories/51765

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/81

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

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: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08945