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CVE-2001-1242

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Un-CGI 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in an HTML form.

Affected products

• Steve Grimm Un-Cgi: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (+6)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0287.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0349.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6846.php
• http://www.midwinter.com/~koreth/uncgi-changes.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3056
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0287.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0349.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6846.php
• http://www.midwinter.com/~koreth/uncgi-changes.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3056

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