Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0 - 'thesection' Directory Traversal EDB-20408 · remote · Nov 20, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1963 vdb-entry
- cgiforum-view-files(5553) vdb-entry
- 20001120 CGIForum 1.0 Vulnerability mailing-list