CVE-2007-0664

thttpd before 2.25b-r6 in Gentoo Linux is started from the system root directory (/) by the Gentoo baselayout 1.12.6 package, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Published: 2007-02-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-0664 is rated Moderate Risk (50.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.01%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0664

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-21 2.89% 3.01% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 4.87% 2.89% -1.98%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.87% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0664

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0664

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0664

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2007-0664: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2007-0664
gentoo low CVE-2007-0664: 1 GLSA(s) (200701-28), 1 atom(s) (www-servers/thttpd); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0664
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0664 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (thttpd), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0664

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0664

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
acme_labs thttpd <= 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0664

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