CVE-2004-2628
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to read arbitrary…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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 exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Acme thttpd 2.0.7 - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24350remote, windowspublished 4 Aug 2004Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20040804 Bug@thttpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1010850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/#releasenotes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- thttpd-directory-traversal(16882) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040804 Bug@thttpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 8372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2619 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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