# CVE-2001-0038: Path traversal in n/a

> Remote attackers can read arbitrary files by specifying drive letters in URLs, affecting Offline Explorer users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2001
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c929-49h9-7vjw

## What is CVE-2001-0038?

CVE-2001-0038 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Offline Explorer 1.4 before Service Release 2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the drive letter (e.g. C:) in the requested URL.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0038?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metaproducts Offline Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2001-0038?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2001-0038 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0038 exists.

Public exploit code:

- MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.x - FileSystem Disclosure (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2000-0436](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0436/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0038 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2001-0038 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0038 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0038/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0038
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0038
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-0038

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0038/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.