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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2002-0596

Medium
5/10

Summary

WebTrends Reporting Center 4.0d allows remote attackers to determine the real path of the web server via a GET request to get_od_toc.pl with an empty Profile parameter, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

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