{"cve":"CVE-2007-5685","nvd":{"published":"2007-10-28T17:08:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:46:37.760","status":"Modified","description":"The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of \"..\" and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/43607","http://serverkit.org/modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gz","http://www.digineo.co.uk/shttp_directory_traversal","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482797/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26212"],"products":["serverkit:shttp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5685","score":0.03477,"percentile":0.89098,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}