CVE-2001-0461

Foldoc vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

9.0%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

template.cgi in Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) allows remote attackers to read files and execute commands via shell metacharacters in the argument to template.cgi.

Affected vendor

Denis Howe

Affected product

Foldoc

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2001-06-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Denis Howe Foldoc is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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