Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Yaws 1.89 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) and other sequences.
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
- Yaws 1.89 - Directory Traversal EDB-15371 · remote · Nov 1, 2010
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- yaws-url-directory-traversal(62917) vdb-entry
- 42066 third-party-advisory
- 15371 exploit
- 68962 vdb-entry
- ADV-2010-2858 vdb-entry
- 44564 vdb-entry