CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1437

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.72%

84th percentile - higher than 84% of all known CVEs

Summary

ePerl 2.2.12 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute certain commands by specifying a full pathname of the target file as an argument to bar.phtml.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to sensitive data or remotely execute unauthorized commands, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update ePerl to the latest version and restrict access to the bar.phtml script.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

ePerl 2.2.12 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute certain commands by specifying a full pathname of the target file as an argument to bar.phtml.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS