CVE-2004-0916
Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-11-19 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-09-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 74a4e158d30fffa1c931fc165a1a39bd439796a95791764ba6929dff76e6a4e7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.kyz.uklinux.nethttp://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php#changes
- secunia.com12882http://secunia.com/advisories/12882/
- www.debian.orgDSA-574http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-574
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcabextract-directory-traversal(17766)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17766
- www.securityfocus.com11460http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11460
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cabextract Fixed in 1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cabextract Fixed in 1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cabextract Fixed in 1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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