CVE-2004-1405

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

MediaWiki 1.3.8 and earlier, when used with Apache mod_mime, does not properly handle files with two file extensions, such as .php.rar, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.

MediaWiki 1.3.8 and earlier, when used with Apache mod_mime, does not properly handle files with two file extensions, such as .php.rar, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:54:00

Affected Software

MediaWiki 1.3

1.3

MediaWiki 1.3.0

1.3.0

MediaWiki 1.3.1

1.3.1

MediaWiki 1.3.2

1.3.2

MediaWiki 1.3.3

1.3.3

MediaWiki 1.3.4

1.3.4

MediaWiki 1.3.5

1.3.5

MediaWiki 1.3.6

1.3.6

MediaWiki 1.3.7

1.3.7

MediaWiki 1.3.8

1.3.8

MediaWiki 1.3.10

1.3.10

MediaWiki 1.3.11

1.3.11

References

20041216 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20041215-19] Vulnerability of uploading files with multiple extensions in MediaWiki

13478

http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/

Patch

11985

Exploit, Patch

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