Way-Board File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:2370

Info

Way-Board File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2370
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2001-0214
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 12 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 04:46AM
Credit: Discovered and posted to Bugtraq by <[email protected]> on Feb 12, 2001.
Vulnerable: Way Way-Board 2.0
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Way-Board File Disclosure Vulnerability

A remote user could gain read access to known files outside of the root directory where Way-Board resides. Requesting a specially crafted URL composed of '%00' sequences along with the known filename will disclose the requested file.

Exploit / POC

Way-Board File Disclosure Vulnerability

The following example has been provided by &lt;[email protected]&gt;:

http://target/way-board/way-board.cgi?db=url_to_any_file%00

References

Way-Board File Disclosure Vulnerability

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