CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-1586

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleServer:WWW 1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via encoded ../ sequences in a request to the cgi-bin/ directory.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to run unauthorized programs, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of SimpleServer:WWW to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS