CVE-2007-6405 EXPLOIT
6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 85)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Sergey Lyubka Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.38 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to download arbitrary CGI programs or scripts via a URI with an appended (1) '+' character, (2) '.' character, (3) %2e sequence (hex-encoded dot), or (4) hex-encoded character greater than 0x7f. NOTE: the %20 vector is already covered by CVE-2007-3407.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.68% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-12-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| shttpd | shttpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Simple HTTPd 1.38 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2007-12-07 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/shttpd-adv.txt
- http://osvdb.org/44119
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3457
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20071203130540.6e482c20.aluigi%40autistici.org&forum_name=shttpd-general
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484761/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26768
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4700
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/shttpd-adv.txt
- http://osvdb.org/44119
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3457
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20071203130540.6e482c20.aluigi%40autistici.org&forum_name=shttpd-general
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484761/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26768
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4700
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