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CVE-2004-1678

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 7.18%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2004-09-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2004-1678
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
7.18%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.