What is CVE-2002-1864?

CVE-2002-1864 is a vulnerability in Sws Simple Web Server. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-1864 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Sws Simple Web Server

CVE-2002-1864

Directory traversal vulnerability in Simple Web Server (SWS) 0.0.4 through 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ".." (dot dot) in an HTTP request.

Published 2002-12-31 · 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: 0.178 (97.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.178 · newest: 0.178 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sws Simple Web Server — versions 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.1.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/10070.php (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5662 (vdb-entry)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0047.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1864?: CVE-2002-1864 is a vulnerability in Sws Simple Web Server. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-1864 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.