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:").
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Acme thttpd 2.0.7 - Directory Traversal EDB-24350 · remote · Aug 4, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20040804 Bug@thttpd mailing-list
- 1010850 vdb-entry
- http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/#releasenotes
- thttpd-directory-traversal(16882) vdb-entry
- 10862 vdb-entry
- 20040804 Bug@thttpd mailing-list
- 8372 vdb-entry