CVE-2001-0973

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

BSCW groupware system 3.3 through 4.0.2 beta allows remote attackers to read or modify arbitrary files by uploading and extracting a tar file with a symlink into the data-bag space.

Affected products

Fraunhofer Fit Bscw: through 4.0.2_beta; 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.4.3, 4.0.1_beta

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0328.html
http://bscw.gmd.de/Bulletins/BSCW-SB-2001-08.extract.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7029.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465971
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3227
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0328.html
http://bscw.gmd.de/Bulletins/BSCW-SB-2001-08.extract.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7029.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465971
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3227

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