CVE-2008-0338

high

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4923

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39713

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0176

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27319

http://www.bugtraq.ir/adv/miniweb_english.pdf

http://secunia.com/advisories/28512

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-01-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05766