CVE-2004-2640

Linuxstat vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

8.1%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in lstat.cgi in LinuxStat before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via (1) .. (dot dot) sequences or (2) absolute paths to the template parameter.

Affected vendor

Ryszard Pydo

Affected product

Linuxstat

CVSS vector

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

Published

2004-12-31

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.

Its EPSS score of 8.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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