Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1493. PoCs published by Donato Ferrante.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleCam. It provides an example URL to exploit the vulnerability to read files outside the web root.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleCam 1.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the URL.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Donato Ferrante · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25600
This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in SimpleCam. It provides an example URL to exploit the vulnerability to read files outside the web root.
Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target:
SimpleCam (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Network access to the target SimpleCam server
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_misc
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/SimpleCam1.2-adv.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20411
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13495
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/May/1013888.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111531466319161&w=2
Scores
EPSS
0.0315
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
dead_pirate_software/simplecam
1.2
Published
May 11, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026