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CVE-2001-0462

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0462 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Perl web server version 0.3 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by including ".." (dot dot) sequences in a URL. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and a potential impact of unauthorized information disclosure. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-20797) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spencer_christensen:perl_web_server:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spencer_christensen:perl_web_server:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spencer_christensen:perl_web_server:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spencer_christensen:perl_web_server:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spencer_christensen:perl_web_server:0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20797 · Apr 24, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0355 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0426.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6451
securityfocus.com / bid/2648
ExploitVendor Advisory