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CVE-2000-0039
published 1999-12-29

CVE-2000-0039: AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

PriorityP423medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
5.92%
92.3th percentile
AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
altavistasearch_intranet——
altavistasearch_intranet——
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