National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4963
Original release date:07/26/2012
Last revised:07/27/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
nginx/Windows 1.3.x before 1.3.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and access restricted files via (1) a trailing . (dot) or (2) certain "$index_allocation" sequences in a request.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
External Source: MLIST
Name: [nginx-announce] 20120605 security advisory
Type: Advisory; Exploit
External Source: MISC
Name: http://english.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-06
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)