CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1456

5.0 MEDIUM Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 1999-12-31
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

thttpd HTTP server 2.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request with more than one leading / (slash) character in the filename.

Affected configurations

• thttpd thttpd http server (<= 2.03)

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-41 Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence weakness
CWE-50 Path Equivalence: '//multiple/leading/slash' weakness

References

http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd.html#releasenotes www.acme.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10368 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1809 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd.html#releasenotes www.acme.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10368 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1809 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

CVE-1999-1456

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

References