CVE-1999-1177 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lincoln_d._stein:nph-publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1158	Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish
http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055

History

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Subscriptions

Lincoln D. Stein Nph-publish

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.801Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1177

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1177

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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