What is CVE-2000-1210?

CVE-2000-1210 is a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Published 2002-03-22.

Is CVE-2000-1210 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2000-1210

Directory traversal vulnerability in source.jsp of Apache Tomcat before 3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument to source.jsp.

Published 2002-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Tomcat

Public proof-of-concept exploits

m3n0sd0n4ld/uCVE

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/4205.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
marc.info/ (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2000-1210?: CVE-2000-1210 is a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Published 2002-03-22.
Is CVE-2000-1210 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.