What is CVE-2014-7816?

CVE-2014-7816 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-12-01.

Is CVE-2014-7816 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2014-7816

Directory traversal vulnerability in JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before 1.1.0.CR5, and 1.2.x before 1.2.0.Beta3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a resource URI.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2014-12-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.251 (97.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.251 · newest: 0.251 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/71328 (vdb-entry)
issues.jboss.org/browse/UNDERTOW-338 (Vendor Advisory)
issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-4020 (Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/830 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7816?: CVE-2014-7816 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-12-01.
Is CVE-2014-7816 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.