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CVE-2001-0217

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PALS Library System pals-cgi program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the documentName parameter.

Affected products

• Mnscu Pals Webpals: 1.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0220.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2372
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6102
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0220.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2372
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6102

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