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CVE-2007-6612

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6612 is a directory traversal vulnerability in DirHandler within Mongrel versions 1.0.4 and 1.1.x prior to 1.1.3. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests containing double-encoded sequences. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it presents a medium severity risk, indicating a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongrel:mongrel:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongrel:mongrel:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongrel:mongrel:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0300 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mongrelFixed in: 1.0.5
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mongrelFixed in: 1.1.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-m7r6-43v2-49vfmedium

Mongrel vulnerable to directory traversal via double-encoded sequences

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2007-6612

mongrel: "DirHandler" Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
mongrel.rubyforge.org / news.html
osvdb.org / 39866
rubyforge.org / pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004733.html
Exploit
rubyforge.org / pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004736.html
Exploit
rubyforge.org / pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004742.html
rubyforge.org / pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004743.html
secunia.com / advisories/28323
secunia.com / advisories/30430
securityfocus.com / bid/27133
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1697