Seanox DevWex File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:4978

Info

Seanox DevWex File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4978
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 08 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 08 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Kistler Ueli <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Seanox DevWex Windows Binary 1.2002.520
Not Vulnerable: Seanox DevWex Windows Binary 1.2002.601

Discussion

Seanox DevWex File Disclosure Vulnerability

The Seanox DevWex Windows binary version is prone to an issue which may cause arbitrary web-readable files to be disclosed to remote attackers. This problem occurs because DevWex does not sufficiently filter '..\' sequences from web requests.

Exploit / POC

Seanox DevWex File Disclosure Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser. The following example was submitted:

GET /..\..\..\..\anyfile

References

Seanox DevWex File Disclosure Vulnerability

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