CVE-2011-0049

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0049
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-04 01:00:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the _list_file_get function in lib/Majordomo.pm in Majordomo 2 before 20110131 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help command, as demonstrated using (1) a crafted email and (2) cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr in the web interface.

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: CWE-22 | 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 Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110101 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110102 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110103 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110104 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110105 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110106 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110107 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110108 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110109 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110110 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110111 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110112 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110113 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110114 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110115 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110116 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110117 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110118 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110119 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110120 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110121 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110122 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110123 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110124 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110125 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110126 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110127 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110128 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 20110129 All All All
Application Mj2 Majordomo 2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#363726 - Majordomo 2 _list_file_get() directory traversal vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sitewat.ch Exploit, URL Repurposed
Majordomo 2 'help' Command Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Majordomo 2 "_list_file_get()" Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Majordomo2 - Directory Traversal (SMTP/HTTP) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
osvdb.org/70762 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
628064 - (CVE-2011-0049) Directory traversal in majordomo2's 'help' command af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bug628064.bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch
Majordomo 2 Directory Traversal Flaw Discloses Arbitrary Files to Remote Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Majordomo2 - Directory Traversal (SMTP/HTTP) - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
628064 - (CVE-2011-0049) Directory traversal in majordomo2's 'help' command af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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