VDB-16448 · CVE-2001-0038 · XFDB 5728

Metaproducts Offline Explorer 1.3 Drive Letter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Metaproducts Offline Explorer 1.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Drive Letter Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-0038. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Metaproducts Offline Explorer 1.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Drive Letter Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Offline Explorer 1.4 before Service Release 2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the drive letter (e.g. C:) in the requested URL.

The weakness was presented 02/16/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0038. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5728), Exploit-DB (20488) and SecurityFocus (BID 2084†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Metaproducts

Name

Offline Explorer

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Offline Explorer 1.4

Timelineinfo

12/07/2000 🔍
02/16/2001 +71 days 🔍
02/16/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +4885 days 🔍
03/21/2025 +3914 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16448
X-Force: 5728 - MetaProducts Offline Explorer can reveal file system
SecurityFocus: 2084 - MetaProducts Offline Explorer File System Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 12:00
Updated: 03/21/2025 17:42
Changes: 07/03/2014 12:00 (40), 04/07/2019 15:44 (15), 03/21/2025 17:42 (27)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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