CVE-2001-0973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

BSCW groupware system 3.3 through 4.0.2 beta allows remote attackers to read or modify arbitrary files by uploading and extracting a tar file with a symlink into the data-bag space.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 3.2% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fraunhofer_fit:bscw::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fraunhofer_fit:bscw:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fraunhofer_fit:bscw:3.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fraunhofer_fit:bscw:3.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fraunhofer_fit:bscw:3.4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fraunhofer_fit:bscw:4.0.1_beta:::::::*

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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-2001-0955	BSCW groupware system 3.3 through 4.0.2 beta allows remote attackers to read or modify arbitrary files by uploading and extracting a tar file with a symlink into the data-bag space.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03174.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0328.html
http://bscw.gmd.de/Bulletins/BSCW-SB-2001-08.extract.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7029.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465971
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3227

History

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Subscriptions

Fraunhofer Fit Bscw

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.130Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0973

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0973

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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