CVE-2002-1437 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web handler for Perl 5.003 on Novell NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing "..%5c" (URL-encoded dot-dot backslash) sequences.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 4.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1420	Directory traversal vulnerability in the web handler for Perl 5.003 on Novell NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing "..%5c" (URL-encoded dot-dot backslash) sequences.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04604.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0202.html
http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2963307
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9915.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5522

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Netware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.323Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1437

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1437

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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