CVE-2001-0202

informs picserver - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Dot-Dot Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0202. PoCs published by joetesta.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in PicServer. The exploit involves crafting URLs with '../' or '.../' sequences to access files outside the web root directory.

Description

Picserver web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in an HTTP GET request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by joetesta · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20612

This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in PicServer. The exploit involves crafting URLs with '../' or '.../' sequences to access files outside the web root directory.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PicServer (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target PicServer instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2339
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0073.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0275
EPSS Percentile 84.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
informs/picserver 1.0
Published May 03, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026