CVE-2007-5685
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5657)
- Published
- October 28, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5657 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- serverkit / shttp
References
- http://osvdb.org/43607
- http://serverkit.org/modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gz(Patch)
- http://www.digineo.co.uk/shttp_directory_traversal(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26212(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37455
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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