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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-0288

Directory traversal vulnerability in Phusion web server 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ...

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 8.81%

Does this matter?

2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Phusion web server 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ... (triple dot dot) in the HTTP request.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
8.81% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 February 2002
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
bbshareware.com/phusion webserver
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 8.81%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 8.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-21292source ↗Phusion WebServer 1.0 - Directory Traversal (2)windows · Alex Hernandezremote16 February 2002yes
EDB-21291source ↗Phusion WebServer 1.0 - Directory Traversal (1)windows · Alex Hernandezremote16 February 2002yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.