Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0998

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cafenews.php for CARE 2002 before beta 1.0.02 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and null characters in the lang parameter, which is processed by a call to the include function.

Affected products

Care 2002/Care 20022 versions
cpe:2.3:a:care_2002:care_2002:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:care_2002:care_2002:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:care_2002:care_2002:1.0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/9552.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5218nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.care2x.com/modul.phpnvdURL Repurposed
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0128.htmlnvd

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