CVE-2004-1678 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 7.18% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-09-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| logicnow | perldesk |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PerlDesk Language Variable - Server-Side Script Execution | 2004-09-13 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109509026406554&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12512
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11160
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19712
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109509026406554&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12512
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11160
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19712
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