CVE-2004-0916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

Published: 2004-11-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0914	Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03588.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/12882/
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-574
http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php#changes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11460
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17766

History

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Subscriptions

Cabextract Project Cabextract

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-11-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.982Z

Reserved: 2004-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0916

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-27T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:06:39.590

Link: CVE-2004-0916

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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