CVE-2014-2324

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) mod_evhost and (2) mod_simple_vhost in lighttpd before 1.4.35 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the host name, related to request_check_hostname.

Published: 2014-03-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2324 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.67%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.36% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2014-2324

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2324

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 2026-03-04 61.31% 71.67% +10.36%
2 2026-03-01 71.67% 61.31% -10.36%
3 2026-02-28 — 71.67% —

Full EPSS history (47 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2324

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-2014-2324

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2324

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2014-2324: 1 source package rows (lighttpd); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2014-2324
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-2324 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lighttpd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2324
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2324 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lighttpd), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 5, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2324

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2324

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lighttpd lighttpd < 1.4.35 cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
contec sv-cpt-mc310_firmware < 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:contec:sv-cpt-mc310_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2324

URL Tags
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2014_01.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576815022399&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/561 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/564 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57404 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/57514 Not Applicable
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2877 Third Party Advisory
http://www.lighttpd.net/2014/3/12/1.4.35/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66157 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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