CVE-2002-1178

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Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 9.5% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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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.

Exploit prediction score: 9.5% (9.455% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Jetty Jetty Http Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 1, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM
Reserved: Oct 3, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 11, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

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