Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-1999-0236
Summary
ScriptAlias directory in NCSA and Apache httpd allowed attackers to read CGI programs.
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- NETWORK
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- PARTIAL
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CWE-200 - Information Exposure
An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published