CVE-2001-0853 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Entrust GetAccess, specifically affecting the helpwin.gas.bat and AboutBox.gas.bat components. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating the 'locale' parameter with ".. (dot dot)" sequences to read arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability carries a Medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting confidentiality. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions across various platforms.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
all_versionsCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:entrust:getaccess:all_versions:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.