Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1177

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

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Affected products

Lincoln D. Stein/Nph Publish
cpe:2.3:a:lincoln_d._stein:nph-publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.2
E Publish/E Publishllm-fuzzy
Range: <1.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publishnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.htmlnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055nvd

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