CVE-2011-1977 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1977?

CVE-2011-1977 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, published on 10 Aug 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ASP.NET Chart controls in Microsoft .NET Framework 4, and Chart Control for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, do not properly verify functions in URIs, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via special characters in a URI in an HTTP request, aka "Chart Control Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1977?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft Chart Control for Microsoft .Net Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1977?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2011-1977 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rwqg-2c4p-x632.