CVE-2002-0576 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ColdFusion 5.0 and earlier on Windows systems allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of .cfm or .dbm files via an HTTP request that contains an MS-DOS device name such as NUL, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.3% 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:5.0:::::::*

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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-2002-0571	ColdFusion 5.0 and earlier on Windows systems allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of .cfm or .dbm files via an HTTP request that contains an MS-DOS device name such as NUL, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02323.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0028.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268263
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8866.php
http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22906
http://www.osvdb.org/3337
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4542

History

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Subscriptions

Allaire Coldfusion Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.178Z

Reserved: 2002-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0576

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-06-18T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0576

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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