CVE-2002-0473

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0473
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-08-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiondb.php in phpBB 2.0 (aka phpBB2) RC-3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code from remote servers via the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_beta1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc2 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - phpBB2 remote execution command - From nullbyteinetd-secure.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
ISS X-Force Database: phpbb-db-command-execution (8476): phpBB db.php script can be used to execute commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
PHPBB2 'phpbb_root_path' Remote File Include Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Re: phpBB2 remote execution command (fwd) - From jrvelaaristasol.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
phpBB • Error 404: Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 phpbb.sourceforge.net
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: Vuln-Dev af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/4268 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Select a Mirror for File: /phpbb/phpBB-2.0.1.zip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 prdownloads.sourceforge.net
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