MEDIUM
mongrel: "DirHandler" Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Published Jan 3, 2008
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.00%
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").
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.00% 0.03003
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03003
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03003) | 86.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03003) | 85.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.41% (0.02406) | 83.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 6.42% (0.06424) | 93.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.76% (0.08758) | 94.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 3.55% (0.03548) | 91.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.47% (0.01469) | 87.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 1.69% (0.01693) | 87.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 1.86% (0.01856) | 87.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.77% (0.01768) | 86.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (20)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://osvdb.org/39866 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004733.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004736.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004742.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004743.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28323 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27133 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6612 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427663 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7r6-43v2-49vf Advisory
- https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6612
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080111034049/http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004743.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200301091534/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27133
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6612
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 3, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 3, 2008
Link CVE-2007-6612
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-M7R6-43V2-49VF Updated n/a