CVE-2001-1432 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files by including ".. (dot dot)" sequences in a URL. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete confidentiality compromise. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, its age and simplicity suggest potential for unauthenticated data exposure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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