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critical 10.0

CVE-2001-1586 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleServer:WWW 1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via encoded ..…

published 2010-02-12 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1563

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.4%
EPSS 8.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleServer:WWW 1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via encoded ../ ("%2E%2E%2F%") sequences in a request to the cgi-bin/ directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-0664.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21039)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21039 SimpleServer:WWW 1.0.7/1.0.8/1.13 - Hex Encoded URL Directory Traversal remote, 2001-07-26
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jul/660 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securiteam.com http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5TP0B1P4UK.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3112 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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