Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-1678 · published 13 September 2004
CVE-2004-1678: Logicnow perldesk vulnerability
LLogicnow · Perldesk
Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109509026406554&w=2 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12512 | ExploitPatchVendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11160 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19712 | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109509026406554&w=2 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12512 | ExploitPatchVendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11160 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19712 |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-1678), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.