CVE-2001-0420

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2001-0420 · Published 18/06/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0420 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting talkback (way to the web).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.4%, higher than 88.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
talkback way_to_the_web	`= 1.1`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in talkback.cgi program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the article parameter.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0128.html · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/2547 · Patch

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