CVE-2002-0142

pi3web 2.0 beta 1 and 2 - Denial of Service via Long Physical Path with Trailing Dots

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0142. PoCs published by aT4r.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in Pi3Web 2.0.1 by sending a malformed HTTP GET request with an excessively long path (354 slashes). The exploit causes a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the web server.

Description

CGI handler in John Roy Pi3Web for Windows 2.0 beta 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of requests whose physical path is exactly 260 characters long and ends in a series of . (dot) characters.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by aT4r · cremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21225

This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in Pi3Web 2.0.1 by sending a malformed HTTP GET request with an excessively long path (354 slashes). The exploit causes a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the web server.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Pi3Web 2.0.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target web server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250126
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7880.php
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101164598828093&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_ntbugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101102275316307&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3866

Scores

EPSS 0.0308
EPSS Percentile 86.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
pi3/pi3web 2.0
Published Mar 25, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026