CVE-2001-0982

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-07-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Tivoli WebSEAL Policy Director 3.01 through 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or directories via encoded .. (dot dot) sequences containing "%2e" strings.

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Secureway Policy Director: 3.0.1, 3.6, 3.7, 3.7.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0497.html
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY18152&apar=only
http://www.osvdb.org/1908
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3080
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6884
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0497.html
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY18152&apar=only
http://www.osvdb.org/1908
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3080
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6884

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