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CVE-2002-0661

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5
7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute commands via .. (dot dot) sequences containing \ (backslash) characters.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)91%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://httpd.apache.org/info/security_bulletin_20020908a.txt ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC