CVE-2001-1196

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2001-1196 · Published 17/12/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1196 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting webmin (webmin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.8%, higher than 95.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
webmin webmin	`= 0.91`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in edit_action.cgi of Webmin Directory 0.91 allows attackers to gain privileges via a '..' (dot dot) in the argument.

References

marc.info
iss.net/security_center/static/7711.php · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/245980 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/3698 · Exploit

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