CVE-2002-1169

IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server <4.0.1.26 - DoS

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1169. PoCs published by Rapid7.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Edge Server's Caching Proxy by sending a malformed HTTP request. The request lacks proper HTTP headers, causing the service to crash when processed.

Description

IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request to helpout.exe with a missing HTTP version number, which causes ibmproxy.exe to crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Rapid7 · textdosunix

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21949

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This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Edge Server's Caching Proxy by sending a malformed HTTP request. The request lacks proper HTTP headers, causing the service to crash when processed.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Dos

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: IBM WebSphere Edge Server Caching Proxy

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Network access to the target IBM WebSphere Edge Server

MITRE ATT&CK