CVE-2001-0853

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2001-0853 · Published 06/12/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0853 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting getaccess (entrust).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
getaccess entrust	`= all_versions`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Entrust GetAccess allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the locale parameter to (1) helpwin.gas.bat or (2) AboutBox.gas.bat.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-11/0022.html · Patch
marc.info
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/243243 · US Government Resource
securityfocus.com/bid/3508
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7474

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