CVE-2004-2617
Directory traversal vulnerability in Pegasi Web Server (PWS) 0.2.2 allows remote attackers to read files outside of the web root via a ..…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Pegasi Web Server (PWS) 0.2.2 allows remote attackers to read files outside of the web root via a .. (dot dot) directly after the initial '/' (slash) in the URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Pegasi Web Server 0.2.2 - Arbitrary File Access (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23802remote, linuxpublished 11 Mar 2004Verified
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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)
- 3.8% · top 9.8% 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
8
- pws-dotdot-directory-traversal(15435) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/pws0.2.2-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040311 Multiple Vulnerabilities in PWS 0.2.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=359660 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 9847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040314 Re: Multiple Vulnerabilities in PWS 0.2.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11122 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2004-2608 (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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