Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1042

Title: iPlanet/Netscape Enterprise Server search engine directory traversal

Information disclosure

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-1042

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 04, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

10.55%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1042: Directory traversal vulnerability in search engine for iPlanet web server 6.0 SP2 and 4.1 SP9, and Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6, when running on Windows platforms, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..\ (dot-dot backslash) sequences in the NS-query-pat parameter.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0085.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9517.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5191 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0085.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9517.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5191

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-2002-1042 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21603

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 04, 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.