Description
The gnapster and knapster clients for Napster do not properly restrict access only to MP3 files, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the client by specifying the full pathname for the file.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- John Donoghue Knapster 0.9/1.3.8 - File Access EDB-19905 · remote · May 13, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20000510 KNapster Vulnerability Compromises User-readable Files mailing-list
- 1186 vdb-entry
- 20000510 Gnapster Vulnerability Compromises User-readable Files mailing-list