SpecView Directory Traversal

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5972
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-17 16:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the web server in SpecView 2.5 build 853 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (dot dot dot) in a URI.

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-23 | CWE-22 | CWE-23 CWE-23

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Secondary2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
2.0CNACVSS2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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 Specview Specview All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SpecView SpecView affected 2.5 Build 853 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 - File Not Found | CISA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/specview_1-adv.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aluigi.altervista.org Exploit
www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-02 [email protected] www.cisa.gov
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Luigi Auriemma identified a directory traversal vulnerability affecting SpecView (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: SpecView recommends users download and install the update from their web site which mitigates the vulnerability.

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