168 Jerod Moemeka Xedus 1.0 Directory Traversal HTTP 2004/09/08 Marc Ruef marc dot ruef at computec dot ch http://www.computec.ch computec.ch Marc Ruef marc dot ruef at computec dot ch http://www.computec.ch computec.ch 2004/11/13 1.1 Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1 tcp 4274 open|send GET /../../../../../boot.ini HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists [boot loader] 97 Check is inspired by the Nessus plugin. James Bercegay security at gulftech dot org http://www.gulftech.org GulfTech Security Research Team 2004/08/30 http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00047-08302004 Jerod Moemeka Xedus 1.0 Perhaps Jerod Moemeka Xedus newer than 1.0 or other solutions Directory Traversal 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. 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. Approx. 1 hour Yes http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11071/exploit/ Yes Yes High 6 7 8 7 Medium Nessus is able to do the same check. The possibilities of exploiting this kind of vulnerabilities is well-known and well documented. 11071 14645 Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/373506