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Nuca WebServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA8992
Release Date: 2003-06-11
Popularity: 5,022 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Nuca WebServer 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Nuca WebServer, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain access to arbitrary files on a web server.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error. Reportedly, Nuca WebServer does not filter the character sequence "../" in a URL, which makes it possible for a malicious person to traverse directories.

Example:
http://[victim]/../existing_file

Change Page:
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