CVE-2002-0772

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in dsnmanager.asp for Hosting Controller allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories via a .. (dot dot) in the RootName parameter.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0772 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.24%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0772

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21455 exploit_db edb 2002-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0772

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 1.15% 9.24% +8.09%
2 2025-03-30 1.86% 1.15% -0.71%
3 2025-03-29 1.86%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0772

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0772

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0772

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hosting_controller hosting_controller 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hosting_controller hosting_controller 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hosting_controller hosting_controller 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hosting_controller hosting_controller 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hosting_controller hosting_controller 1.4b cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0772

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