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CVE-2002-1417

Published: Sep 1, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
16.6%
Top 3.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Novell NetBasic Scripting Server (NSN) for Netware 5.1 and 6, and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 and 6, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL containing a "..%5c" sequence (modified dot-dot), which is mapped to the directory separator.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
small business suitenovell
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
netwarenovell
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
novellcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka suse novell, novell suse

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0199.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2963297
support.novell.com
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9910.php
iss.net
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Timeline

Published
Sep 1, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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