Directory traversal vulnerability in Phusion web server 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (triple dot dot) in t…

published 2002-05-03 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0285

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 8.8%; EPSS 8.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 2; Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in Phusion web server 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (triple dot dot) in the HTTP request.

Timeline

2002-02-16 First public exploit (EDB-21292)
2002-05-03 Published

Exploit prediction

8.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-21292 Phusion WebServer 1.0 - Directory Traversal (2) remote, 2002-02-16
EDB-21291 Phusion WebServer 1.0 - Directory Traversal (1) remote, 2002-02-16

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

securityfocus.com /bid/4117
vdb-entry
marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=101408906001958&w=2
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2002-0288
NVD CVE-2002-0288

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Summary