CVE-2003-0536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary files as the PHP user or cause a denial of service via .. (dot dot) sequences in the (1) template or (2) lng parameters.

Published: 2003-07-10

Score: 3.6 Low

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpsysinfo:phpsysinfo:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpsysinfo:phpsysinfo:2.1:::::::*

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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-2003-0530	Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary files as the PHP user or cause a denial of service via .. (dot dot) sequences in the (1) template or (2) lng parameters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00739.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105128606513226&w=2
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=670222&group_id=15&atid=100015
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-346

History

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Subscriptions

Phpsysinfo Phpsysinfo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-07-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:58:11.103Z

Reserved: 2003-07-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0536

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-08-18T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0536

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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