Michael Lamont Savant HTTP Server 2.1 - Directory Traversal

Author: Tom Tom
type: remote
platform: windows
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date_added: 2001-02-17 
date_updated: 2012-08-26 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-17480 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2697/info

It is possible for an attacker to traverse the web folders of a Savant HTTP Server. Submitting a URL referring to a known directory or file, and appended with specific unicode characters, will disclose the contents of the requested resource. The unicode character in question is '%2f..'. This vulnerability could allow the reading of files on the target system.

http://example.com/%2f..%2f..%2f../filename