CVE-2009-1559 (GCVE-0-2009-1559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-05-06 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:20
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Summary
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in adm/file.cgi on the Cisco Linksys WVC54GCA wireless video camera with firmware 1.00R24 and possibly 1.00R22 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the this_file parameter. NOTE: traversal via a .. (dot dot) is probably also possible.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2009-04-23 00:00
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