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Low · 2.6 Public exploit CVE-2012-5972 EUVD-2012-5846GHSA-xhjh-m9vh-w983

SpecView Directory Traversal

Published Jan 17, 2013 · Updated Jul 7, 2025 · Assigned by icscert

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in SpecView 2.5 build 853 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (dot dot dot) in a URI.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SpecView SpecView ≤ 2.5 Build 853 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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