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CVE-2005-1493

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleCam 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the URL.

Affected products

• Dead Pirate Software Simplecam: 1.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111531466319161&w=2
• http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/SimpleCam1.2-adv.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13495
• http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/May/1013888.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20411
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111531466319161&w=2
• http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/SimpleCam1.2-adv.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13495
• http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/May/1013888.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20411

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