Directory traversal vulnerability in Novell GroupWise 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a request for…

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Novell GroupWise 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a request for /servlet/webacc?User.html= that contains "../" (dot dot) sequences and a null character.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subcontent=/resources/advisories_template.htm%3Findexid%3D12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• novell-groupwise-directory-traversal(7287) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/gwmag/features/a_webaccess_security_gw.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• VU#341539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 3436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2960443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20011015 Novell Groupwise arbitrary file retrieval vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 04:58 UTC.