CVE-2009-5114

Webglimpse vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

13.3%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in wgarcmin.cgi in WebGlimpse 2.18.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the DOC parameter.

Affected vendor

Iwork

Affected product

Webglimpse

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2012-03-19

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 13.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-5114.
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