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GHSA-XHJH-M9VH-W983

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:16 – Updated: 2025-07-07 21:31

Details

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.

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CVE-2012-5972 (GCVE-0-2012-5972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-17 16:00 – Updated: 2025-07-07 19:55

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-23

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

	http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/specview_1-adv.txt	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	SpecView	SpecView	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.5 Build 853 (custom)

Credits

Luigi Auriemma identified a directory traversal vulnerability affecting SpecView

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-XHJH-M9VH-W983

CVE-2012-5972 (GCVE-0-2012-5972)

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