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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-1744 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in CodeBrws.asp in Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to view source code and determine the existe…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1723

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
65.2%
EPSS 65.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in CodeBrws.asp in Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to view source code and determine the existence of arbitrary files via a hex-encoded "%c0%ae%c0%ae" string, which is the Unicode representation for ".." (dot dot).

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21385)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

65.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21385 Microsoft IIS 5.0 - 'CodeBrws.asp' Source Code Disclosure remote, 2002-04-16
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4525 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.