CVE-2007-6405

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6405 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6405

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4700 exploit_db edb 2007-12-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6405

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 2026-06-15 9.44% 2.67% -6.76%
2 2025-11-23 8.56% 9.44% +0.87%
3 2025-11-20 — 8.56% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6405

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6405

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6405

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
shttpd shttpd 1.34 cpe:2.3:a:shttpd:shttpd:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
shttpd shttpd 1.35 cpe:2.3:a:shttpd:shttpd:1.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
shttpd shttpd 1.38 cpe:2.3:a:shttpd:shttpd:1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6405

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