CVE-2007-0872

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Published Feb 12, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:plain_old_webserver:plain_old_webserver:0.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:plain_old_webserver:plain_old_webserver:0.0.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0868	Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.6% (3.630% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/33174
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0196.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0210.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24127
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22502
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0558
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3002/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32467

History

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Subscriptions

Plain Old Webserver Plain Old Webserver

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 12, 2007, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:34 PM
Reserved: Feb 12, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:36 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 12, 2007, 7:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:36 PM

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