CVE-2012-5972

CVE-2012-5972: SpecView Directory Traversal

Vendor Specview

Product SpecView

Weakness CWE-23

Published January 17, 2013

Last update July 7, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 17, 2013 CVE published

July 7, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5972 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html

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