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CVE-2002-0240

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP, when installed with Apache and configured to search for index.php as a default web page, allows remote attackers to obtain the full pathname of the server via the HTTP OPTIONS method, which reveals the pathname in the resulting error message.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: 2.0.28-beta

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101311746611160&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8119.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4057
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101311746611160&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8119.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4057

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