CVE-2004-2121

5.0

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

3.05%

LOW RiskEPSS (87th percentile)

NVD-CWE-Other

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Borland Web Server (BWS) 1.0b3 and earlier allow remote attackers to read and download arbitrary files via (1) multi-dot "......" sequences, or (2) "%5c%2e%2e" (encoded "\..") sequences, in the URL.

Published: 12/31/2004

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

3.05%LOW Exploitation Risk

87th percentile

This vulnerability has a 3.05% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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