Description
classes/Url.php in Justin Hagstrom AutoIndex PHP Script before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a %00 sequence in the dir parameter to index.php, which triggers an erroneous "recursive calculation."
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
- AutoIndex PHP Script 2.2.2/2.2.3 - 'index.php' Denial of Service EDB-30753 · dos · Nov 12, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 26410 vdb-entry
- 20071112 AutoIndex <= 2.2.2 Cross Site Scripting and Denial of Service mailing-list
- 45282 vdb-entry
- http://autoindex.sourceforge.net/change_log.html
- 3360 third-party-advisory
- autoindex-index-dos(38437) vdb-entry