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A vulnerability has been found in Goahead Webserver V.2.0/V.2.1 (Web Server) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Directory traversal vulnerability in GoAhead web server 2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. attack in an HTTP GET request.
The bug was discovered 02/16/2010. The weakness was disclosed 05/03/2001 by Matt Moore with WESTPOINT as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0228. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86368 (GoAhead WebServer URL Encoded Slash Directory Traversal Vulnerability).
Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9519). The entries 16922, 18424, 18425 and 19593 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006
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Remote: Yes
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Matt Moore
Organization: WESTPOINT
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-0228 (🔍)
X-Force: 9519
Vulnerability Center: 6520 - Directory Traversal in GoAhead Web Server <= 2.1.5 via HTTP GET Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 5197 - GoAhead WebServer URL Encoded Slash Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 81099 - CVE-2001-0228 - GoAhead Web Server - Directory Traversal Issue
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Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 17:25Updated: 06/03/2019 09:31
Changes: 07/03/2014 17:25 (61), 06/03/2019 09:31 (7)
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