CVE-2023-40160 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory traversal vulnerability exists in Mailing List Search CGI (pmmls.exe) included in A.K.I Software's PMailServer/PMailServer2 products. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote attacker may obtain arbitrary files on the server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00093.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44767	Directory traversal vulnerability exists in Mailing List Search CGI (pmmls.exe) included in A.K.I Software's PMailServer/PMailServer2 products. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote attacker may obtain arbitrary files on the server.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://akisoftware.com/Vulnerability202301.html
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN92720882/

History

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}`

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2024-03-18T00:32:53.212Z

Updated: 2025-03-24T21:06:34.497Z

Reserved: 2023-08-29T05:55:02.448Z

Link: CVE-2023-40160

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:55.572Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-18T01:15:48.393

Modified: 2025-03-24T21:15:16.420

Link: CVE-2023-40160

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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