itafrica webactive 1.0 - Directory Traversal

Author: slipy
type: remote
platform: windows
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date_added: 2001-02-16 
date_updated: 2012-08-18 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2001-0306;OSVDB-7706 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2386/info

It is possible for a remote user to gain read access to directories and files outside the root directory of ITAfrica WEBactive. Requesting a specially crafted URL composed of '../' sequences will disclose an arbitrary directory.

http://target/../../../scandisk.log

^^ = Will obviously open the scandisk.log file.