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CVE-2001-1196

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in edit_action.cgi of Webmin Directory 0.91 allows attackers to gain privileges via a '..' (dot dot) in the argument.

Affected products

• Webmin: 0.91

References

• http://marc.info/?l=webmin-l&m=100865390306103&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7711.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245980
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3698
• http://marc.info/?l=webmin-l&m=100865390306103&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7711.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245980
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3698

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