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CVE-2001-1458
Directory traversal vulnerability in Novell GroupWise 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a request for…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Novell GroupWise 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a request for /servlet/webacc?User.html= that contains "../" (dot dot) sequences and a null character.
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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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
7
- http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subcontent=/resources/advisories_template.htm%3Findexid%3D12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- novell-groupwise-directory-traversal(7287) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/gwmag/features/a_webaccess_security_gw.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#341539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 3436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2960443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20011015 Novell Groupwise arbitrary file retrieval vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2001-1438 (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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