CVE-2002-1178
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.095 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-21895Jetty 3.1.6/3.1.7/4.1 Servlet Engine - Arbitrary Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jetty-announce/message/45enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358725813039&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10246.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5852enisa_euvd
- http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0011.txtenisa_euvd
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jetty-announce/message/45Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358725813039&w=2nvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10246.phpVendor Advisorynvd
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