CVE-2002-1744

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 65.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in CodeBrws.asp in Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to view source code and determine the existence of arbitrary files via a hex-encoded "%c0%ae%c0%ae" string, which is the Unicode representation for ".." (dot dot).

Affected products

Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267945
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268065
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4525
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8853
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267945
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268065
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4525
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8853

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