What is CVE-2002-2154?

CVE-2002-2154 is a vulnerability in Monkey-Project Monkey, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-2154 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Monkey-Project Monkey

CVE-2002-2154

Directory traversal vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

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: 0.076 (94.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.076 · newest: 0.076 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Monkey-Project Monkey — versions 0.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Hirainsingadia/CVE-2002-2154

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/5792 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/10188.php (vdb-entry)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0298.html (mailing-list, Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-2154?: CVE-2002-2154 is a vulnerability in Monkey-Project Monkey, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-2154 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.