CVE-2002-0661: Apache HTTP Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 69.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute commands via .. (dot dot) sequences containing \ (backslash) characters.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.28 only; version 2.0.32 only; version 2.0.34 only; version 2.0.35 only; version 2.0.36 only; …

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.