Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the mwGetLocalFileName function in http.c in MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list arbitrary directories via a (1) .%2e (partially encoded dot dot) or (2) %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in the URI.
Published: 2008-01-17
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 7.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0348 Directory traversal vulnerability in the mwGetLocalFileName function in http.c in MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list arbitrary directories via a (1) .%2e (partially encoded dot dot) or (2) %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in the URI.
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Miniweb Http Server Miniweb Http Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:39:35.189Z

Reserved: 2008-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0338

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-17T22:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0338

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