CVE-2002-1178

Jetty Http Server vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

9.5%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CGIServlet for Jetty HTTP server before 4.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ..\ (dot-dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP request to the cgi-bin directory.

Affected vendor

Jetty

Affected product

Jetty Http Server

CVSS vector

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

Published

2002-10-11

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 9.5% reflects a lower 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 Jetty Jetty Http Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1178.
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