CVE-1999-1177

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 1999 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.0%

77th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

lincoln_d._stein