CVE-2001-0252

iPlanet (formerly Netscape) Enterprise Server 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long HTTP GET request that contains many "/../" (dot dot) sequences.

Published: 2001-06-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0252 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.93%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0252

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-08 0.76% 0.93% +0.17%
2 2025-03-17 1.09% 0.76% -0.33%
3 2023-03-07 — 1.09% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0252

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0252

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0252

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
iplanet iplanet_enterprise_server 4.1sp5 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_enterprise_server:4.1sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0252

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