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CVE-2007-56851 exploit

The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combinatio…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.5%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of ".." and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-30711 Shttp 0.0.x - Directory Traversal · remote · 2007-10-25

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/482797/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • serverkit.org /modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gz · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/37455 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /43607 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • digineo.co.uk /shttp_directory_traversal · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/26212 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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