# CVE-2002-1120: Buffer overflow in Savant Web Server 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2002-09-12 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in Savant Web Server 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10076.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5686
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16770/
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0112.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1184
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4280
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10434
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16770
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/savant_31_overflow.rb
- https://github.com/TheMalwareGuardian/CVE-2002-1120

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