CVE-2001-0009
Directory traversal vulnerability in Lotus Domino 5.0.5 web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. attack.
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 9.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Lotus Domino 5.0.5 web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. attack.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Lotus Domino Server 5.0.x - Directory Traversal (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20529remote, multiplepublished 15 Jan 2001Verified
- Lotus Domino Server 5.0.x - Directory Traversal (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20530remote, multiplepublished 5 Jan 2001Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 1703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- lotus-domino-directory-traversal(5899) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20010109 bugtraq id 2173 Lotus Domino Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010105 Lotus Domino 5.0.5 Web Server vulnerability - reading files outside the web root (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2173 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0009 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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