CVE-2003-1365

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

The escape_dangerous_chars function in CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier does not correctly remove special characters including (1) "\" (backslash), (2) "?", (3) "~" (tilde), (4) "^" (carat), (5) newline, or (6) carriage return, which could allow remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary commands, in shell scripts that rely on CGI::Lite to filter such dangerous inputs.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2003-1365

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2003-12-31T05:00:00

Last Modified Date
2017-07-29T01:29:07

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:perl:cgi_lite:2.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414	Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html	Exploit
http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm	Exploit
http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6833
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11308

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1365
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1365

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:16:45				Added to TrackCVE