CVE-2014-9707

Goahead vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

28.2%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

EmbedThis GoAhead 3.0.0 through 3.4.1 does not properly handle path segments starting with a . (dot), which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks, cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Affected vendor

Embedthis

Affected product

Goahead

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-17

Published

2015-03-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 28.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Embedthis Goahead is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9707.
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