Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-2121

Title: Borland Web Server multiple directory traversal arbitrary file read/download

Directory Traversal, Arbitrary File Read

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-2121

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2004

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-2121: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Borland Web Server (BWS) 1.0b3 and earlier allow remote attackers to read and download arbitrary files via (1) multi-dot "......" sequences, or (2) "%5c%2e%2e" (encoded "\..") sequences, in the URL.

Impacted Vendors

borland_software 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107497413413907&w=2 http://securitytracker.com/id?1008840 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9486 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14948 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107497413413907&w=2 http://securitytracker.com/id?1008840 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9486 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14948

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-2121 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23597

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.