# CVE-2025-2264: Sante PACS Server - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-2264 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-2264

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Santesoft Sante PACS Server
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

## Description

A Path Traversal Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in "Sante PACS Server.exe". An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it to download arbitrary files on the disk drive where the application is installed.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-2264](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2264) is a path traversal information disclosure vulnerability in Sante PACS Server that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files from the server's disk. This flaw could be exploited to access sensitive data stored on the affected system, posing a significant risk to confidentiality.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 24th of July 2025.

Insights from the CrowdSec network reveal that the attackers trying to exploit CVE-2025-2264 are composed of a fairly even mix of opportunistic and targeted actors. Some attackers employ preliminary reconnaissance, while others use indiscriminate scanning.
CrowdSec data also reveals a clear uptick in attacks involving CVE-2025-2264 over the past week. Activity is above the usual baseline, suggesting growing attention from attackers. This may reflect rising awareness, recent exploit releases, or expanded targeting efforts.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending requests with path traversal sequences (e.g., `/assets/../../.HTTP/HTTP.db`) to access sensitive files on the Sante PACS Server.

## Timeline

- 2025-03-13: CVE Published. CVE-2025-2264 is published to NVD.
- 2025-07-24: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-2264 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-07-31: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-2264 for the first time.

## References

- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2025-08
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-2264.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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