CVE-2002-2076

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Lil' HTTP server 2.1 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an HTTP GET request.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2076 is rated Exploit Available (58.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2002-2076

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2076

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 2025-08-16 0.27% 0.53% +0.25%
2 2025-03-17 0.45% 0.27% -0.18%
3 2025-01-19 0.45%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2076

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-2002-2076

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2076

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
summit_computer_networks lil_http 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:summit_computer_networks:lil_http:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
summit_computer_networks lil_http 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:summit_computer_networks:lil_http:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2076

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