CVE-2002-1483 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

db4web_c and db4web_c.exe programs in DB4Web 3.4 and 3.6 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request whose argument is a filename of the form (1) C: (drive letter), (2) //absolute/path (double-slash), or (3) .. (dot-dot).

Published: 2003-03-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 5.1% 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:db4web:db4web:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:db4web:db4web:3.6:::::::*

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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-2002-1466	db4web_c and db4web_c.exe programs in DB4Web 3.4 and 3.6 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request whose argument is a filename of the form (1) C: (drive letter), (2) //absolute/path (double-slash), or (3) .. (dot-dot).

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 0.05112.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0197.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0124.html
http://www.db4web.de/download/homepage/hotfix/readme_en.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10123.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5723

History

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Subscriptions

Db4web Db4web

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.407Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1483

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-22T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1483

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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