CVE-2007-0872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Published: 2007-02-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.2% Moderate

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:plain_old_webserver:plain_old_webserver:0.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:plain_old_webserver:plain_old_webserver:0.0.8:::::::*

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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-2007-0868	Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

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 0.10217.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/33174
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0196.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0210.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24127
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22502
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0558
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3002/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32467

History

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Subscriptions

Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-02-12T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:34:21.209Z

Reserved: 2007-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0872

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-02-12T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0872

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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