Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Abyss Web Server 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..\ (dot-dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP GET request.
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
- Abyss Web Server 1.0 - Encoded Backslash Directory Traversal EDB-21735 · remote · Aug 22, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.aprelium.com/news/patch1033.html
- 20020822 Abyss 1.0.3 directory traversal and administration bugs mailing-list
- abyss-http-directory-traversal(9940) vdb-entry
- 3285 vdb-entry
- abyss-get-directory-traversal(9941) vdb-entry
- 5547 vdb-entry