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CVE-2012-5972: SpecView Directory Traversal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server in SpecView 2.5 build 853 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (dot dot dot) in a URI.

Affected products

• SpecView: through 2.5

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/specview_1-adv.txt
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-02
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/specview_1-adv.txt
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-011-02.pdf

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