PT-1999-1718 · Thttpd · Thttpd Http Server

Published 1999-12-31 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1456

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: thttpd HTTP server versions 2.03 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request with more than one leading / (slash) character in the filename.

Recommendations: For thttpd HTTP server versions 2.03 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1456

Affected Products

Thttpd Http Server

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/10368 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1456 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1809 · Note
• http://acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd.html#releasenotes · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-1456 · Note