CVE-2001-1266

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2001-1266 · Published 03/07/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1266 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting dnhttpd (doug neal).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dnhttpd doug_neal	`= 0.4.1`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Doug Neal's HTTPD Daemon (DNHTTPD) before 0.4.1 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack using the dot hex code '%2E'.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/apps/freshmeat/2001-07/0002.html · Vendor Advisory
dnhttpd.sourceforge.net/changelog.html

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