Accipiter DirectServer Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:9389

Info

Accipiter DirectServer Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9389
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0072
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 09 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: Disclosure of this issue has been credited to Mark Bassett <[email protected]>
Vulnerable: Accipiter DirectServer 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Accipiter DirectServer Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability may allow and attacker to gain access to files that reside outside of the web root directory using a specially crafted URI that contains URL-encoded variations of directory traversal sequences.

This issue has been reported to affect Windows variants of the software. It is not known if other versions are also affected.

Exploit / POC

Accipiter DirectServer Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

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

http://www.example.com/%5c%2e%2e%5c%2e%2e%5c%2e%2e%5c%2e%2e%5cboot.ini

Solution / Fix

Accipiter DirectServer Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that the vendor will be providing a patch with the next major release.

References

Accipiter DirectServer Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

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