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CVE-1999-1456

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

thttpd HTTP server 2.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request with more than one leading / (slash) character in the filename.

Affected products

• Thttpd Http Server: through 2.03

References

• http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd.html#releasenotes
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10368
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1809
• http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd.html#releasenotes
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10368
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1809

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