CVE-2002-0448

Exp

Xerver Free Web Server 2.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request that contains many "C:/" sequences.

Published: 2002-07-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0448 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.91%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +7.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0448

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21336 exploit_db edb 2002-03-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0448

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 2026-06-15 7.63% 14.91% +7.28%
2 2025-03-30 7.85% 7.63% -0.22%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.85% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0448

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-2002-0448

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0448

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xerver xerver <= 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:xerver:xerver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0448

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