CVE-2012-1050

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mathopd 1.4.x and 1.5.x before 1.5p7, when configured with the * construct for mass virtual hosting, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted Host header.

Affected products

Mathopd: from 1.4 before 1.5; 1.5-p5 — fixed in 1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mathopd 1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0025.html
http://osvdb.org/78896
http://secunia.com/advisories/47908
http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00392.html
http://www.mathopd.org/security.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026641
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73049
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0025.html
http://osvdb.org/78896
http://secunia.com/advisories/47908
http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00392.html
http://www.mathopd.org/security.html

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