CVE-2001-0454
Directory traversal vulnerability in SlimServe HTTPd 1.1a allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (modified dot dot) in…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in SlimServe HTTPd 1.1a allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (modified dot dot) in the HTTP request.
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
- WhitSoft SlimServe HTTPd 1.0/1.1 - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25933remote, windowspublished 4 Mar 2001Verified
- WhitSoft SlimServe ftpd 1.0/2.0 - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20663remote, windowspublished 28 Feb 2001Verified
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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)
- 3.4% · top 11% 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
2
- 20010303 SlimServe HTTPd ver. 1.1a Directory Traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- slimserve-httpd-directory-traversal(6186) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2001-0450 (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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