Web Server Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Access
critical Nessus Plugin ID 10297
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Synopsis
The remote web server is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.Description
It appears possible to read arbitrary files on the remote host outside the web server's document directory using a specially crafted URL. An unauthenticated attacker may be able to exploit this issue to access sensitive information to aide in subsequent attacks.Note that this plugin is not limited to testing for known vulnerabilities in a specific set of web servers. Instead, it attempts a variety of generic directory traversal attacks and considers a product to be vulnerable simply if it finds evidence of the contents of '/etc/passwd' or a Windows 'win.ini' file in the response. It may, in fact, uncover 'new' issues, that have yet to be reported to the product's vendor.
Solution
Contact the vendor for an update, use a different product, or disable the service altogether.Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 10297
File Name: web_traversal.nasl
Version: 1.124
Type: remote
Family: Web Servers
Published: 11/5/1999
Updated: 9/17/2018
Dependencies: http_version.nasl, find_service1.nasl, no404.nasl, httpver.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0697
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Exploited by Nessus: true
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2000-0920, CVE-2007-6483, CVE-2008-5315, CVE-2010-1571, CVE-2010-3459, CVE-2010-3460, CVE-2010-3487, CVE-2010-3488, CVE-2010-3743, CVE-2010-4181, CVE-2011-1900, CVE-2011-2524, CVE-2011-4788, CVE-2012-0697, CVE-2012-1464, CVE-2012-5100, CVE-2012-5335, CVE-2012-5344, CVE-2012-5641, CVE-2013-2619, CVE-2013-3304, CVE-2014-3744
BID: 1770, 7308, 7362, 7378, 7544, 7715, 26583, 32412, 40053, 40133, 40680, 43230, 43258, 43356, 43358, 43830, 44393, 44564, 44586, 45599, 45603, 47760, 47842, 47987, 48114, 48926, 51286, 51311, 51399, 52327, 52384, 52541, 56871, 57143, 57313, 58794, 67389, 70760