pWins Webserver up to 0.2.5 Unicode Character path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in pWins Webserver up to 0.2.5 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Unicode Character Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-2256. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in pWins Webserver up to 0.2.5 (Web Server). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Unicode Character Handler. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in pWins Webserver 0.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via Unicode characters.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2002 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2256 since 10/14/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86425 (pWins Web Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10724), SecurityFocus (BID 6271†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4783†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/27/2002 🔍
11/28/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +33 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/19/2004 +566 days 🔍
10/14/2007 +1182 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +2488 days 🔍
05/23/2019 +1751 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-2256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19898
X-Force: 10724 - pWins Web server \
SecurityFocus: 6271 - pWins Web Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4783 - pWins versions <= 0.2.5 Allows Traversal Directories via Dot-Dot Attack, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 18:25
Updated: 05/23/2019 11:29
Changes: 08/06/2014 18:25 (59), 05/23/2019 11:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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