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CVE-2002-1837

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The getAlbumToDisplay function in idsShared.pm for Image Display System (IDS) 0.81 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary directories via ".." sequences in the album parameter, which generates different error messages depending on whether the directory exists or not.

Affected products

• Ids: 0.8.1

References

• http://ids.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274433
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9201.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4870
• http://ids.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274433
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9201.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4870

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