CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-2121

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2004-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Borland Web Server (BWS) 1.0b3 and earlier allow remote attackers to read and download arbitrary files via (1) multi-dot "......" sequences, or (2) "%5c%2e%2e" (encoded "\..") sequences, in the URL.

Affected configurations

• borland software web server for corel paradox (<= 1.0 b3)

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-177 Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) weakness
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal weakness
  • CWE-33 Path Traversal: '....' (Multiple Dot) weakness

References