Description
Peter Sandvik's Simple Web Server 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files via an HTTP request with a sequence of multiple / (slash) characters such as http://www.example.com///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
- Simple Web Server 0.5.1 - File Disclosure EDB-22001 · remote · Nov 8, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 6145 vdb-entry
- simple-server-file-access(10563) vdb-entry
- 20021108 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 11.08.02a: File Disclosure Vulnerability in Simple Web Server mailing-list
- 20021108 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 11.08.02a: File Disclosure Vulnerability in Simple Web Server mailing-list
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.08.02a.txt