CVE-2001-1266

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Doug Neal's HTTPD Daemon (DNHTTPD) before 0.4.1 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack using the dot hex code '%2E'.

Affected products

Doug Neal Dnhttpd: 0.4.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/apps/freshmeat/2001-07/0002.html
http://dnhttpd.sourceforge.net/changelog.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/apps/freshmeat/2001-07/0002.html
http://dnhttpd.sourceforge.net/changelog.html

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