TI-2004-01554 Aliases CVE-2004-1678 GHSA-hq49-5fpc-c85q

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to…

LOW 33Published 2005-02-20 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary Perl modules via ".." sequences terminated by a %00 (null) character in the lang parameter, which can leak portions of the requested files if a compilation error message occurs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07176 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:logicnow:perldesk::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Logicnow

cpe:2.3:a:logicnow:perldesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Logicnow

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-1678
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hq49-5fpc-c85q

References

Other 1

20040912 Posible Inclusion File in Perl Desk

TI-2005-00308 SQL injection vulnerability in PerlDesk 1.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2004-01553 pdesk.cgi in PerlDesk allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via an… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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