CVE-2007-6405

Sergey Lyubka Simple HTTPD <1.38 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-6405. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing two vulnerabilities in Simple HTTPD (shttpd) <= 1.38: directory traversal and script/CGI source disclosure. The document provides URLs to exploit these issues but does not include executable code.

Description

Sergey Lyubka Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.38 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to download arbitrary CGI programs or scripts via a URI with an appended (1) '+' character, (2) '.' character, (3) %2e sequence (hex-encoded dot), or (4) hex-encoded character greater than 0x7f. NOTE: the %20 vector is already covered by CVE-2007-3407.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4700

This is a writeup detailing two vulnerabilities in Simple HTTPD (shttpd) <= 1.38: directory traversal and script/CGI source disclosure. The document provides URLs to exploit these issues but does not include executable code.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Simple HTTPD (shttpd) <= 1.38
No auth needed
Prerequisites: network access to the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484761/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3457
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4700
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/44119
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26768

Scores

EPSS 0.0267
EPSS Percentile 83.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (3)
shttpd/shttpd 1.34
shttpd/shttpd 1.35
shttpd/shttpd 1.38
Published Dec 17, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026