CVE-2002-1178

critical

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.

References

http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0011.txt

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10246.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358725813039&w=2

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jetty-announce/message/45

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10447