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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-0338

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…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.81%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
2.81% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
miniweb http server/miniweb http server
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.