LIVE NEWSROOM · --:-- · May 25, 2026
A LIBRARY FOR SECURITY RESEARCHERS

CVE DATABASE  /  CVE-2002-1042

CVE-2002-1042

CVSS 5 · MEDIUM

Summary

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.

CVSS 2.0 breakdown

Base score5 (MEDIUM)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
ConfidentialityPARTIAL
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityNONE

Affected products

Netscape enterprise serverSun iplanet web serverSun one application serverSun one web server
Check this CVE live

Use our free CVE Lookup tool for the latest NVD record, or browse the full CISA KEV catalog.

References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Scroll to Top