SWS Simple Web Server File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:5662

Info

SWS Simple Web Server File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5662
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 05 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 05 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Credited to 3APA3A.
Vulnerable: SWS SWS Simple Web Server 0.1 .1
SWS SWS Simple Web Server 0.1 .0
SWS SWS Simple Web Server 0.0.4
SWS SWS Simple Web Server 0.0.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SWS Simple Web Server File Disclosure Vulnerability

SWS Simple Web Server is vulnerable to a directory traversal bug, which would allow an attacker to disclose the contents of arbitrary webserver readable files.

It should be noted that the web server does not drop privileges, so this may result in disclosure of arbitrary system files.

Exploit / POC

SWS Simple Web Server File Disclosure Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser.

Solution / Fix

SWS Simple Web Server File Disclosure 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

SWS Simple Web Server File Disclosure Vulnerability

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