Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.. (slash backslash dot dot) in the URL.
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
- Cherokee 0.5.4 - Directory Traversal EDB-9873 · webapps · Oct 28, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 36874 vdb-entry
- http://freetexthost.com/ncyss3plli
- 59588 vdb-entry
- 37183 third-party-advisory
- cherokee-http-dir-traversal(54024) vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-3091 vdb-entry
- http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherokee-web-server-054-directory.html