CVE-1999-1456

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

thttpd HTTP server 2.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request with more than one leading / (slash) character in the filename.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Dec 31, 1999
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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