CVE-2002-0576

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0576
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-06-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionColdFusion 5.0 and earlier on Windows systems allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of .cfm or .dbm files via an HTTP request that contains an MS-DOS device name such as NUL, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Allaire Coldfusion Server 4.0 All All All
Application Allaire Coldfusion Server 4.5 All All All
Application Allaire Coldfusion Server 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0028.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
ISS X-Force Database: coldfusion-dos-device-path-disclosure (8866): ColdFusion DOS device request path disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
ColdFusion DOS Device File Request System Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/3337 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Macromedia: MPSB02-01: The physical web root directory can be displayed when ColdFusion is used with Microsoft IIS. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.macromedia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268263 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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