Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-5685. PoCs published by Pete Foster.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in Shttp ServerKit versions prior to 0.0.5. By sending a crafted HTTP HEAD request with '../' sequences, an attacker can retrieve arbitrary files from the server.
Description
The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of ".." and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in Shttp ServerKit versions prior to 0.0.5. By sending a crafted HTTP HEAD request with '../' sequences, an attacker can retrieve arbitrary files from the server.