Directory traversal vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5792 | exploit vdb entry patch |
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10188.php | vdb entry |
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0298.html | mailing list exploit |