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CVE-2002-0661 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files…

published 24y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2002-0655

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
69.7%
EPSS 69.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • apache2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.40

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0661

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21697)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

69.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21697 Apache 2.0 - Encoded Backslash Directory Traversal remote, 2002-08-09

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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