CVE-2001-0042 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.6% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHP 3.x (PHP3) on Apache 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a modified .. (dot dot) attack containing "%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 9.57% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-02-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | http server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache 1.3 + PHP 3 - File Disclosure | 2000-12-06 |
References
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