VYPR

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

BaseStableLikelihood: High

Description

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Hierarchy (View 1000)

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-126 · CAPEC-64 · CAPEC-76 · CAPEC-78 · CAPEC-79

CVEs mapped to this weakness (3,743)

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  • CVE-2002-2375Dec 31, 2002
    risk 0.00cvss epss 0.00

    Directory traversal vulnerability in CommuniGate Pro 4.0b4 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to list the contents of the WebUser directory and its parent directory via a (1) .. (dot dot) or (2) . (dot) in a URL. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue reveals any more information regarding directory structure than is already available to any CommuniGate Pro user, although there is a possibility that it could be used to infer product version information.

  • CVE-2001-1205Dec 30, 2001
    risk 0.00cvss epss 0.00

    Directory traversal vulnerability in lastlines.cgi for Last Lines 2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via '..' sequences in the $error_log variable.

  • CVE-2001-1432Dec 29, 2001
    risk 0.00cvss epss 0.01

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.