Acme thttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
BID:10862
Info
Acme thttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 10862 |
| Class: | Environment Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Aug 04 2004 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Aug 04 2004 12:00AM |
| Credit: | "CoolICE" <[email protected]> disclosed this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
Acme thttpd 2.0.7 beta 0.4 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Acme thttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
It is reported that thttpd is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. This issue only exists in the Windows port of the application, as it does not correctly take into consideration the environmental attributes of file system access in applications.
This issue may allow an attacker to retrieve arbitrary, potentially sensitive files, from the affected host computer, as the user that the thttpd process is running as.
Version 2.07 beta 0.4 of thttpd, running on a Microsoft Windows platform is reported vulnerable to this issue.
It is reported that thttpd is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. This issue only exists in the Windows port of the application, as it does not correctly take into consideration the environmental attributes of file system access in applications.
This issue may allow an attacker to retrieve arbitrary, potentially sensitive files, from the affected host computer, as the user that the thttpd process is running as.
Version 2.07 beta 0.4 of thttpd, running on a Microsoft Windows platform is reported vulnerable to this issue.
Exploit / POC
Acme thttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
No exploit is required. Example request URIs have been provided:
http://www.example.com/%5c../test.ini
http://www.example.com/c:\test.ini
No exploit is required. Example request URIs have been provided:
http://www.example.com/%5c../test.ini
http://www.example.com/c:\test.ini
Solution / Fix
Acme thttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
References
Acme thttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
References:
References:
- thttpd Homepage (Acme)
- Bug@thttpd ("CoolICE"