CVE-2012-5972

Directory 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.

CVSS v2.0 2.6 LOW

2.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/specview_1-adv.txt	Exploit
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-02
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/specview_1-adv.txt	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-011-02.pdf	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:specview:specview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-01-17 16:55

Updated : 2026-06-16 23:47

NVD link : CVE-2012-5972

Mitre link : CVE-2012-5972

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5972

JSON object : View

Products Affected

specview

specview

CWE

CWE-23

Relative Path Traversal

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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