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iWeb Mini Web Server URL Encoding Directory Traversal
Secunia Advisory: SA9101
Release Date: 2003-06-24
Popularity: 7,026 views

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

Software:iWeb Mini Web Server

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Recently, a directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in iWeb Mini Web Server. The vendor fixed this by issuing a new version, but the vulnerability was not fixed properly.

A malicious person may still conduct a directory traversal attack by supplying the URL encoded values for "..\" in a HTTP request to the web server.

Example:
http://[victim]/%2e%2e%5c%2e%2e%5c%2e%2e%5c%2e%2e%5cwindows\system.ini

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.0.1.4.

Previous advisory:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8599/

Change Page:
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