CVE-2007-5685
The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of ".." and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Shttp 0.0.x - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30711remote, linuxpublished 25 Oct 2007Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 3.5% · top 11% 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
6
- 20071025 Directory traversal flaw in shttp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://serverkit.org/modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- shttp-safepath-directory-traversal(37455) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 43607 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.digineo.co.uk/shttp_directory_traversal (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2007-5657 (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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