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CVE-2020-27553 (GCVE-0-2020-27553)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-17 14:23 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:18
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Summary
In BASETech GE-131 BT-1837836 firmware 20180921, the web-server on the system is configured with the option “DocumentRoot /etc“. This allows an attacker with network access to the web-server to download any files from the “/etc” folder without authentication. No path traversal sequences are needed to exploit this vulnerability.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
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