CVE-2005-1090 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the readFile and writeFile API for Maxthon 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files.

Published: 2005-04-13

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% 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:maxthon:maxthon:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:maxthon:maxthon:1.2.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1093	Directory traversal vulnerability in the readFile and writeFile API for Maxthon 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files.

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 0.01222.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/14918
http://www.osvdb.org/15423
http://www.raffon.net/advisories/maxthon/multvulns.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13074
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20033

History

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Subscriptions

Maxthon Maxthon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:35:59.925Z

Reserved: 2005-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1090

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-1090

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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