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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5972 · published 17 January 2013

CVE-2012-5972: Specview relative path traversal vulnerability

Specview · Specview

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.

2.6 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 5.0% · top 8.1% CWE-23 · Relative path traversalCWE-22 · Path traversal
2.6CVSS 2.0 base score
5.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5972), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.