Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0576

Title: ColdFusion MS-DOS device name in URL reveals absolute pathname

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0576.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 18, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.65%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0576: ColdFusion 5.0 and earlier on Windows systems allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of .cfm or .dbm files via an HTTP request that contains an MS-DOS device name such as NUL, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

Impacted Vendors

allaire 1

macromedia 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0028.html http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268263 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8866.php http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22906 http://www.osvdb.org/3337 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4542 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0028.html http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268263 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8866.php http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22906 http://www.osvdb.org/3337 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4542

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0576 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 18, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.