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CVE-2002-1437
Directory traversal vulnerability in the web handler for Perl 5.003 on Novell NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6 allows remote attackers to read…
Medium5.0EPSS 17.0%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.0% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2963307 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20020820 NOVL-2002-2963307 - PERL Handler Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- netware-perl-directory-traversal(9915) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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