{
    "id": "CVE-2004-1678",
    "published": "2004-09-13 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:08:11",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.07176",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94090",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "logicnow",
            "product": "perldesk"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "24591",
            "title": "PerlDesk Language Variable - Server-Side Script Execution",
            "date": "2004-09-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24591"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}