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CVE-2002-0576

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ColdFusion 5.0 and earlier on Windows systems allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of .cfm or .dbm files via an HTTP request that contains an MS-DOS device name such as NUL, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

Affected products

• Allaire Coldfusion Server: 4.0, 4.5, 5.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0028.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268263
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8866.php
• http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22906
• http://www.osvdb.org/3337
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4542
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0028.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268263
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8866.php
• http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22906
• http://www.osvdb.org/3337
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4542

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