CVE-2006-1598

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

AN HTTPD 1.42n, and possibly other versions before 1.42p, allows remote attackers to obtain source code of scripts via crafted requests with (1) dot and (2) space characters in the file extension.

Affected products

An-Httpd: through 1.42n; 1.2b, 1.38, 1.39, 1.40, 1.41, 1.41b (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19326
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-21/advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015858
http://www.osvdb.org/24323
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429667/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17350
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1200
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25591
http://secunia.com/advisories/19326
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-21/advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015858
http://www.osvdb.org/24323

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