CVE-2015-5638

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5638
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerjpcert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-20 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in H2O before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.0-beta2, when the file.dir directive is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dena H20 All All All All
Application Dena H20 All beta1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000136 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
JVN#65602714: H2O vulnerable to directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
Vulnerabilities - H2O af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h2o.examp1e.net Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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