CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0920

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
8.36%

95th percentile - higher than 95% of all known CVEs

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in BOA web server 0.94.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a modified .. (dot dot) attack in the GET HTTP request that uses a "%2E" instead of a ".".

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely read sensitive files from the server, potentially leading to information leakage. This can compromise the security of organizational data.

Recommendation

Update BOA web server to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability. If update is not possible, consider using an alternative web server.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in BOA web server 0.94.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a modified .. (dot dot) attack in the GET HTTP request that uses a "%2E" instead of a "."

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