CVE-2007-5685

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5685
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-28 17:08:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Serverkit Shttp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Directory Traversal Flaw in shttp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.digineo.co.uk Patch
Shttp Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
serverkit.org/modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 serverkit.org Patch
osvdb.org/43607 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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