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CVE-2002-1437

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web handler for Perl 5.003 on Novell NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing "..%5c" (URL-encoded dot-dot backslash) sequences.

Affected products

• Novell Netware: 5.1, 5.1-sp4, 6.0, 6.0-sp1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0202.html
• http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2963307
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9915.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5522
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0202.html
• http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2963307
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9915.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5522

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