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CVE-2002-0465

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0465 describes a critical directory traversal vulnerability in Hosting Controller versions 1.4.1 and earlier, specifically within the filemanager.asp component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read, modify, and execute arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the OpenPath parameter with ".." sequences. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0397 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/2002-01/0039.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7824
hostingcontroller.com / english/patches/ForAll/download/foldersecurity.zip
securityfocus.com / bid/3811
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