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CVE-2002-1856

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

HP Application Server 8.0, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to retrieve files in the WEB-INF directory, which contains Java class files and configuration information, via a request to the WEB-INF directory with a trailing dot ("WEB-INF.").

Affected products

• HP Application Server: 8.0

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/279582
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9446.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5119
• http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0002.txt
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/279582
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9446.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5119
• http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0002.txt

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