CVE-2005-4212 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in coin_includes/db.php in phpCOIN 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the $_CCFG[_PKG_PATH_DBSE] variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 8.28% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-12-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| coinsoft technologies | phpcoin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHPCOIN 1.2.2 - '/includes/db.php?$_CCFG[_PKG_PATH_DBSE]' Traversal Arbitrary File Access | 2005-12-13 |
References
- http://forums.phpcoin.com/index.php?showtopic=5469
- http://rgod.altervista.org/phpcoin122.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18030
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015345
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419382/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15831
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2888
- http://forums.phpcoin.com/index.php?showtopic=5469
- http://rgod.altervista.org/phpcoin122.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18030
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015345
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419382/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15831
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2888
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