Vulnerability CVE-2000-0039


Published: 1999-12-29   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Altavista -> Search intranet 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/896
http://www.osvdb.org/15

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