CVE-2002-1042

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in search engine for iPlanet web server 6.0 SP2 and 4.1 SP9, and Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6, when running on Windows platforms, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..\ (dot-dot backslash) sequences in the NS-query-pat parameter.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1042 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.55%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.97% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2002-1042

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21603 exploit_db edb 2002-07-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1042

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 2026-02-03 8.58% 10.55% +1.97%
2 2025-05-24 7.51% 8.58% +1.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.51% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1042

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:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1042

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1042

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape enterprise_server 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:enterprise_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp1:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp10:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp2:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp3:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp4:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp5:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp6:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp7:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp8:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp9:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_application_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_application_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_application_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_application_server:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_application_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_application_server:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1042

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