CVE-2001-0253

Hyperseek vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

10.6%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in hsx.cgi program in iWeb Hyperseek 2000 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories via a .. (dot dot) attack in the show parameter.

Affected vendor

Iweb Systems

Affected product

Hyperseek

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2001-06-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 10.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Iweb Systems Hyperseek is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0253.
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