CVE-2007-6405: shttpd
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-6405 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in shttpd. EPSS estimates a 2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.
Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 07-12-2007)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 17-12-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Sergey Lyubka Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.38 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to download arbitrary CGI programs or scripts via a URI with an appended (1) '+' character, (2) '.' character, (3) %2e sequence (hex-encoded dot), or (4) hex-encoded character greater than 0x7f. NOTE: the %20 vector is already covered by CVE-2007-3407.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
86%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.67% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
4 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (sourceforge.net)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (aluigi.altervista.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Shttpd1 product
- shttpd1.34 | 1.35 | 1.38
1 vendor · 1 product