Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-2154. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4 (Web Server) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences.

The bug was discovered 09/25/2002. The weakness was released 12/31/2002 by DownBload as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2154 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 97 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86408 (Monkey HTTP Server File Disclosure Vulnerability.).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10188), Exploit-DB (21857), SecurityFocus (BID 5792†), OSVDB (59318†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5885†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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12/31/2002 +97 days 🔍
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08/06/2014 +3185 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: DownBload
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2154 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2154
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19796
X-Force: 10188
SecurityFocus: 5792 - Monkey HTTP Server File Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59318 - CVE-2002-2154 - Monkey HTTP Daemon - Directory Traversal Issue
Vulnerability Center: 5885 - Directory Traversal in Eduardo Silva's Monkey HTTPd <= 0.1.4, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 11:56
Updated: 08/29/2025 23:09
Changes: 08/06/2014 11:56 (63), 06/04/2019 13:00 (4), 12/14/2024 18:28 (21), 08/29/2025 23:09 (3)
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