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CVE-2012-5641

Published: Mar 18, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
8.9%
Top 5.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the partition2 function in mochiweb_util.erl in MochiWeb before 2.4.0, as used in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the default URI.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
couchdbOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
mochiweb project
oss-project
mochiwebMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57313
securityfocus.com
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/81
seclists.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/51765
secunia.com
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