CVE-2004-2628

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL that contains (1) a hex-encoded backslash dot-dot sequence ("%5C..") or (2) a drive letter (such as "C:").

Affected products

Acme Labs Thttpd: 2.0.7_beta_0.4

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0097.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109164010629836&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Aug/1010850.html
http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/#releasenotes
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8372
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16882
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0097.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109164010629836&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Aug/1010850.html
http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/#releasenotes
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8372

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