CVE-2005-1939

Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Ipswitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a request to the Report service (TCP 8022).

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 38.62% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory cirt.dk Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15500	vendor advisory third party advisory exploit
http://cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-40-advisory.pdf	vendor advisory exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22969	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15291	vdb entry exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015141	vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-14/advisory/	vendor advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1939?: CVE-2005-1939 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1939?: To fix CVE-2005-1939, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1939 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1939 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~39% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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