CVE-2002-1233: Apache HTTP Server

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A regression error in the Debian distributions of the apache-ssl package (before 1.3.9 on Debian 2.2, and before 1.3.26 on Debian 3.0), for Apache 1.3.27 and earlier, allows local users to read or modify the Apache password file via a symlink attack on temporary files when the administrator runs (1) htpasswd or (2) htdigest, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2001-0131.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: version 1.3.17 only; version 1.3.18 only; version 1.3.19 only; version 1.3.20 only; version 1.3.22 only; version 1.3.23 only; …

Published 2002-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.