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Fencer Vulns
low 3.6

CVE-2003-0536 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary f…

published 2003-07-10 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0530

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary files as the PHP user or cause a denial of service via .. (dot dot) sequences in the (1) template or (2) lng parameters.

Patch / fix

  • phpsysinfo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0536

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22459)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22459 PHPSysInfo 2.0/2.1 - 'index.php' LNG File Disclosure webapps, 2003-04-04

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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