CVE-2001-0571

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2001-0571 · Published 22/08/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0571 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting im anti virus (elron), im message inspector (elron).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.3%, higher than 95.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
im anti virus elron	`= 3.0.3`	No fix yet
im message inspector elron	`= 3.0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web server for (1) Elron Internet Manager (IM) Message Inspector and (2) Anti-Virus before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the requested URL.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0382.html
marc.info
marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/2519 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/2520 · Exploit

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