EServ 2.9x - Password-Protected File Access

Author: Tamer Sahin
type: remote
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2002-01-10
date_updated: 2012-09-09
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2002-0112;OSVDB-12082
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3838/info

EServ is a combination Mail, News, Web, FTP and Proxy Server for Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000 systems.

It is possible to construct a web request which is capable of accessing the contents of password protected files/folders on the webserver, such as the admin folder, which contains the administrative interface.

It should be noted that this vulnerability may only be exploited to access password-protected files in sub-folders of wwwroot.

The following example will give the attacker access to the administrative interface:

http://host/./admin/