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CVE-2001-0462

• 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: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Perl web server 0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.

Affected products

• Spencer Christensen Perl Web Server: 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.9, 0.1 (+2)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0426.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2648
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6451
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0426.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2648
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6451

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