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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-6405 · published 17 December 2007

CVE-2007-6405: Shttpd information exposure vulnerability

SShttpd · Shttpd

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.

6.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% · top 14.8% CWE-200 · Information exposure
6.4CVSS 2.0 base score
2.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/shttpd-adv.txt Exploit
http://osvdb.org/44119
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3457
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20071203130540.6e482c20.aluigi%40autistici.org&forum_name=shttp Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484761/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26768 Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4700
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/shttpd-adv.txt Exploit
http://osvdb.org/44119
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3457
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20071203130540.6e482c20.aluigi%40autistici.org&forum_name=shttp Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484761/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26768 Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4700

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-6405), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.