Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 1.3.29 and earlier, and Apache 2.0.48 and earlier, when running on Cygwin, allows remote…

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 1.3.29 and earlier, and Apache 2.0.48 and earlier, when running on Cygwin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL containing "..%5C" (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

15.8% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

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

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/04-03-12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20040224 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20040217-06] Apache for cygwin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20040224 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20040217-06] Apache for cygwin directory traversal vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• apache-cygwin-directory-traversal(15293) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26152 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 10962 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 9733 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 00:10 UTC.