Path Traversal in Mongrel
CVE-2007-6612
Directory traversal vulnerability in DirHandler (lib/mongrel/handlers.rb) in Mongrel 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing double-encoded sequences (".%252e").
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mongrel — versions 1.0.4, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004736.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- mongrel.rubyforge.org/news.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27133 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28323 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/39866 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004742.html (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/30430 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 (vdb-entry)