Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Pegasi Web Server (PWS) 0.2.2 allows remote attackers to read files outside of the web root via a .. (dot dot) directly after the initial '/' (slash) in the URI.
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
- Pegasi Web Server 0.2.2 - Arbitrary File Access EDB-23802 · remote · Mar 11, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- pws-dotdot-directory-traversal(15435) vdb-entry
- http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/pws0.2.2-adv.txt
- 4254 vdb-entry
- 20040311 Multiple Vulnerabilities in PWS 0.2.2 mailing-list
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=359660
- 9847 vdb-entry
- 20040314 Re: Multiple Vulnerabilities in PWS 0.2.2 mailing-list
- 11122 third-party-advisory