CVE-2001-0853

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Entrust GetAccess allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the locale parameter to (1) helpwin.gas.bat or (2) AboutBox.gas.bat.

Affected products

Entrust Getaccess: all_versions

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-11/0022.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100498111712723&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/243243
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3508
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7474
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-11/0022.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100498111712723&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/243243
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3508
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7474

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