Vulnerability CVE-1999-1177
Published: 1999-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Lincoln d. stein -> Nph-publish 

 References:
http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish
http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055
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