Plugin ID | 168 |
Plugin name | Jerod Moemeka Xedus 1.0 Directory Traversal |
Plugin filename | Jerod Moemeka Xedus 1.0 Directory Traversal.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3438 bytes |
Plugin family | HTTP |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/09/08 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/13 |
Plugin version | 1.1 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 4274 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /../../../../../boot.ini HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists [boot loader] |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 97 |
Plugin comment | Check is inspired by the Nessus plugin. |
Bug published name | James Bercegay |
Bug published email | security at gulftech dot org |
Bug published web | http://www.gulftech.org |
Bug published company | GulfTech Security Research Team |
Bug published date | 2004/08/30 |
Bug advisory | http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00047-08302004 |
Bug affected | Jerod Moemeka Xedus 1.0 |
Bug not affected | Perhaps Jerod Moemeka Xedus newer than 1.0 or other solutions |
Bug vulnerability class | Directory Traversal |
Bug description | The remote host is running the Xedus web server which is a part of the peer-to-peer software. There is a bug in this solution which makes it vulnerable to directory traversal attacks. An attacker may use this bug to fetch files from the target system. |
Bug solution | You should install or upgrade the software to the latest version. See http://www.thinxoft.com for more details. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 1 hour |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11071/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 7 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. The possibilities of exploiting this kind of vulnerabilities is well-known and well documented. |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11071 |
Source Nessus ID | 14645 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/373506 |