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CVE-2001-1556

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not...

5.0 Medium

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

Exploit likelihood

3.56%Up 2.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

Record
CVE-2001-1556
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-532
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

Record
CVE-2001-1556
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-1533 No score

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

Record
EUVD-2001-1533
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9f54-6r7j-3hph No score

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not...

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

Record
GHSA-9f54-6r7j-3hph
Weakness
CWE-532
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2001-1556 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Apache Http Server, published December 31, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.56%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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