Path Traversal in Html2ps Project
CVE-2009-5067
Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.076 (94.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.076 · newest: 0.076 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Html2ps Project — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- packetstormsecurity.org/files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html (Exploit)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/5 (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/1 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36524 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz (Patch)