CVE-2002-1856

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1856 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1856 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting application server (hp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.7%, higher than 89.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
application server hp	`= 8.0`	No fix yet

Description

HP Application Server 8.0, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to retrieve files in the WEB-INF directory, which contains Java class files and configuration information, via a request to the WEB-INF directory with a trailing dot ("WEB-INF.").

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/279582
iss.net/security_center/static/9446.php
securityfocus.com/bid/5119
westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0002.txt · Vendor Advisory

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