Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Plain Old Webserver (POW) add-on before 0.0.9 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) 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
- Plain Old WebServer 0.0.7/0.0.8 Firefox Extension - Directory Traversal EDB-29575 · remote · Sep 25, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20070209 Re: [WEB SECURITY] Plain Old Webserver - The coolest firefox extension mailing-list
- 22502 vdb-entry
- 33174 vdb-entry
- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3002/
- 20070209 Re: [WEB SECURITY] Plain Old Webserver - The coolest firefox extension mailing-list
- 24127 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-0558 vdb-entry
- pow-httprequest-directory-traversal(32467) vdb-entry