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CVE-2005-0789

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in LimeWire 3.9.6 through 4.6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a magnet request.

Affected products

• Limewire: 3.9.6, 4.6.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111082448213238&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14555/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-37.xml
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19695
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111082448213238&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14555/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-37.xml
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19695

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