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CVE-2004-2628

Published: Dec 4, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.6%
Top 12.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
3 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

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:").

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
thttpdacme labs
Mixed
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
acme labscommercialNetworking Infrastructureaka acme labs thttpd, perlcal, acme server

Exploitability

3 exploit sources identified

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References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109164010629836&w=2
marc.info
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Aug/1010850.html
securitytracker.com
http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/#releasenotes
acme.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 4, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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