Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1744
CVE-2002-1744
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in CodeBrws.asp in Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to view source code and determine the existence of arbitrary files via a hex-encoded "%c0%ae%c0%ae" string, which is the Unicode representation for ".." (dot dot).
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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