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CVE-2007-6612
Directory traversal vulnerability in DirHandler (lib/mongrel/handlers.rb) in Mongrel 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers…
Medium6.4EPSS 3.0%
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in DirHandler (lib/mongrel/handlers.rb) in Mongrel 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing double-encoded sequences (".%252e").
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsmongrelGHSA-m7r6-43v2-49vf (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- [Mongrel] 20071228 Arbitrary system files readable in 1.0.4 - 1.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28323 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 39866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA08-150A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- [Mongrel] 20071229 Regarding the 1.1.3 security release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 30430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-05-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [Mongrel] [SECURITY] Must Fix This Now! (Re: Arbitrary system files readable in 1.0.4 - 1.1.2) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [Mongrel] 20071228 Arbitrary system files readable in 1.0.4 - 1.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m7r6-43v2-49vf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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