CVE-2002-0680 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in GoAhead Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL with an encoded / (%5C) in a .. (dot dot) sequence. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be REJECTED because it has been reported to be a duplicate of CVE-2001-0228.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.49% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-07-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| goahead software | goahead webserver |
| montavista software | hard hat linux |
| orange software | orange web server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GoAhead Web Server 2.1.x - URL Encoded Slash Directory Traversal | 2002-07-10 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0013.html
- http://freecode.com/projects/embedthis-goahead-webserver/releases/343539
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102631742711795&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102709382714597&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/81099
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0013.html
- http://freecode.com/projects/embedthis-goahead-webserver/releases/343539
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102631742711795&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102709382714597&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/81099
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