CVE-2004-2628

thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2628. PoCs published by CoolICE.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a directory traversal vulnerability in thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4 on Windows, allowing attackers to access arbitrary files via malformed URLs. No functional code is provided, only example URLs demonstrating the issue.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a URL that contains (1) a hex-encoded backslash dot-dot sequence ("%5C..") or (2) a drive letter (such as "C:").

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by CoolICE · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24350

The exploit describes a directory traversal vulnerability in thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4 on Windows, allowing attackers to access arbitrary files via malformed URLs. No functional code is provided, only example URLs demonstrating the issue.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4 (Windows)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4 running on Windows · network access to the server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10862
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109164010629836&w=2
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Aug/1010850.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/#releasenotes
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16882
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0097.html
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8372

Scores

EPSS 0.0362
EPSS Percentile 88.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
acme_labs/thttpd 2.0.7_beta_0.4
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026