HIGH
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute commands via .
Published Aug 10, 2002
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 69.70%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute commands via .. (dot dot) sequences containing \ (backslash) characters.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 2.0.28
- 2.0.28
- 2.0.28
- 2.0.32
- 2.0.32
- 2.0.34
- 2.0.35
- 2.0.36
- 2.0.37
- 2.0.38
- 2.0.39
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
69.70% 0.69698
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.69698
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 69.70% (0.69698) | 99.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 69.70% (0.69698) | 99.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 91.93% (0.91929) | 99.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 86.27% (0.86266) | 99.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 91.93% (0.91929) | 99.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 86.27% (0.86266) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 91.93% (0.91929) | 99.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 86.27% (0.86266) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 92.15% (0.92151) | 99.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 66.03% (0.66031) | 98.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 59.16% (0.59156) | 97.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 95.96% (0.95962) | 99.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2023 | 96.14% (0.96143) | 99.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.60% (0.96599) | 99.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 33.04% (0.33043) | 97.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 33.04% (0.33043) | 96.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://httpd.apache.org/info/security_bulletin_20020908a.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102892744011436&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102951160411052&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9808.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5434 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f9c22f9c28adbd9f00556059edc7b03a5d5bb71d4bb80257c0d34e4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb9c9f42dafa25d2f669dac2a536a03f2575bc5ec1be6f480618aee10%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd00b45b93fda4a5bd013b28587207d0e00f99f6e3308dbb6025f3b01%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 10, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 2, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0661
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a