CVE-2003-0832

Directory traversal vulnerability in webfs before 1.20 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a Hostname header.

Published: 2003-11-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0832 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.14%). EPSS rose +1.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0832

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 0.76% 2.14% +1.37%
2 2025-06-05 0.40% 0.76% +0.37%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.40% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0832

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-2003-0832

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0832

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0832 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (webfs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0832

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0832

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webfs webfs 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webfs webfs 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webfs webfs 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webfs webfs 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0832

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-392 Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence