Path Traversal in Miniweb HTTP Server
CVE-2008-0338
Directory traversal vulnerability in the mwGetLocalFileName function in http.c in MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list arbitrary directories via a (1) .%2e (partially encoded dot dot) or (2) %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in the URI.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Miniweb HTTP Server — versions 0.8.19
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.bugtraq.ir/adv/miniweb_english.pdf
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39713 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4923 (exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0176 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28512 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27319 (vdb-entry)