CVE-2002-0307

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in ans.pl in Avenger's News System (ANS) 2.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files or execute any Perl program on the system via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter, which reads the target file and attempts to execute the line using Perl's eval function.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.55% Top 15%

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4147	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101430868616112&w=2	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0307?: CVE-2002-0307 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0307?: To fix CVE-2002-0307, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-0307 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-0307 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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