Directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleServer:WWW 1.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via encoded ../ ("%2E%2E%2F%") sequences in a request to the cgi-bin/ directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-0664.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1586 is rated High Exploit Risk (86/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.67%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21039 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-07-26 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-05-22 | 3.50% | 3.67% | +0.17% |
| 2 | 2025-09-02 | 2.62% | 3.50% | +0.88% |
| 3 | 2025-07-06 | — | 2.62% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2001-1586: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2001-1586 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| analogx | simpleserver_www | <= 1.13 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| analogx | simpleserver_www | 1.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| analogx | simpleserver_www | 1.01 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| analogx | simpleserver_www | 1.03 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| analogx | simpleserver_www | 1.04 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| analogx | simpleserver_www | 1.05 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| analogx | simpleserver_www | 1.06 | cpe:2.3:a:analogx:simpleserver_www:1.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |