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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-3502

Medium
5/10

Summary

The web server in Cogent DataHub 7.1.1.63 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code of executable files via a request with a trailing (1) space or (2) %2e (encoded dot).

  • 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