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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-0708

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Reports Server for SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing ...

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.49%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Reports Server for SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing ... (triple dot) sequences.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.49% probability · 89th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 October 2002
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
surfcontrol/superscout web filter · surfcontrol/web filter
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.49%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

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-21897source ↗SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter for Windows 2000 - File Disclosurewindows · Matt Mooreremote2 October 2002yes

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