CVE-2002-1178 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.5% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the CGIServlet for Jetty HTTP server before 4.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ..\ (dot-dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP request to the cgi-bin directory.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 9.46% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-10-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| jetty | jetty http server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Jetty 3.1.6/3.1.7/4.1 Servlet Engine - Arbitrary Command Execution | 2002-10-02 |
References
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jetty-announce/message/45
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358725813039&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10246.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5852
- http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0011.txt
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jetty-announce/message/45
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358725813039&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10246.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5852
- http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0011.txt
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