CVE-2002-1437 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the web handler for Perl 5.003 on Novell NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests containing URL-encoded dot-dot backslash sequences. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and potential for unauthorized information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.