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CVE-2001-0042

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP 3.x (PHP3) on Apache 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a modified .. (dot dot) attack containing "%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: 1.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/149210
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2060
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5659
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/149210
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2060
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5659

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