CVE-2002-1437

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Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 17.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

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 [-]

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

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 17.0% (17.031% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:26 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 1, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:26 AM
Reserved: Feb 5, 2003, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:59 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 11, 2003, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:59 PM

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