CVE-1999-1050 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Matt Wright's FormHandler.cgi script, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) can be exploited with low attack complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, exploit code for this issue is publicly available, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formhandler.cgi:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formhandler.cgi:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formhandler.cgi:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.