CVE-2002-1837 describes a directory existence disclosure vulnerability in Image Display System (IDS) version 0.81. An attacker can use ".." sequences in the 'album' parameter of the getAlbumToDisplay function to determine if arbitrary directories exist on the server, based on differing error messages. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to disclose information. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ids:ids:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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