CVE-2004-0050 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Verity Ultraseek before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the document root via an MS-DOS device name in the web search option, such as (1) NUL, (2) CON, (3) AUX, (4) COM1, (5) COM2, and others.

Published: 2004-05-06

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:verity:ultraseek:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0050	Verity Ultraseek before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the document root via an MS-DOS device name in the web search option, such as (1) NUL, (2) CON, (3) AUX, (4) COM1, (5) COM2, and others.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01388.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q2/0024.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020952.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377388114888&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16066

History

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Subscriptions

Verity Ultraseek

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-06T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.620Z

Reserved: 2004-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0050

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-06-14T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:04:49.520

Link: CVE-2004-0050

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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