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CVE-2005-1090

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the readFile and writeFile API for Maxthon 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Maxthon: 1.2.0, 1.2.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14918
• http://www.osvdb.org/15423
• http://www.raffon.net/advisories/maxthon/multvulns.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13074
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20033
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14918
• http://www.osvdb.org/15423
• http://www.raffon.net/advisories/maxthon/multvulns.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13074
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20033

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