AnalogX SimpleServer:WWW 1.0.6 - Directory Traversal

Author: Foundstone Inc.
type: remote
platform: windows
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date_added: 2000-07-26 
date_updated: 2016-12-28 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2000-0664;OSVDB-388 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1508/info

Requesting a specially formed url containing encoding (%2E) to SimpleServer 1.06 and possibley earlier versions, will enable a remote user to gain read access to known files above the SimpleServer directory.

http://target/%2E%2E/filename