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CVE-2009-4886 (GCVE-0-2009-4886)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-06-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:17
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in phpCommunity 2 2.1.8 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) file parameter to module/admin/files/show_file.php and the (2) path parameter to module/admin/files/show_source.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501588/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8185 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2009-03-07 00:00
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