CVE-2004-0050

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Verity Ultraseek before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the document root via an MS-DOS device name in the web search option, such as (1) NUL, (2) CON, (3) AUX, (4) COM1, (5) COM2, and others.

Affected products

Verity Ultraseek: through 5.2.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q2/0024.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020952.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377388114888&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16066
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q2/0024.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020952.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377388114888&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16066

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