vqsoft vqserver for windows 1.9.9 - Directory Traversal

Author: Johan Nilsson
type: remote
platform: windows
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date_added: 2000-03-21 
date_updated: 2012-07-14 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2000-0240;OSVDB-270 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1067/info

Some versions of vqSoft vqServer for Windows are vulnerable to the common ../../ method of retrieving known files from outside of the web directory structure, accomplished by appending a variable number of "../" and a known filename to an HTTP GET request.

http://target/../../../../../autoexec.bat