CVE-2004-0173

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 1.3.29 and earlier, and Apache 2.0.48 and earlier, when running on Cygwin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL containing "..%5C" (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: 0.8.11, 0.8.14, 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.5 (+5)

References

http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26152
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/017740.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107765545431387&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10962
http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/04-03-12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15293
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26152
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/017740.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107765545431387&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10962
http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/04-03-12

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