CVE-2001-0615

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat server prior to 4.1 SR3 allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted URL which includes variations of a '..' (dot dot) attack such as '...' or '....'.

Affected products

Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat: through 4.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0241.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1841
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2776
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6601
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0241.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1841
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2776
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6601

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