Absolute Path Traversal
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#REDIRECT Path Traversal
Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 02/12/2009
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Description
If a product expects a filename as input it is possible that it can construct an absolute path such as "/rootdir/subdir," which is then processed by the operating system to access a file or resource that is outside of a restricted path that was intended by the developer.
This is similar to path traversal but uses only "/" and not ".." to gain access. More detailed information can be found on Path_Traversal
Risk Factors
Examples
How does the attack work?
- The following URLs maybe are vulnerable to this attack:
http://testsite.com/get.php?f=list http://testsite.com/get.cgi?f=2 http://testsite.com/get.asp?f=test
- A simple way to execute this attack is like this:
http://testsite.com/get.php?f=/var/www/html/get.php http://testsite.com/get.cgi?f=/var/www/html/admin/get.inc http://testsite.com/get.asp?f=/etc/passwd
- When the web server returns information about errors in a web application, it is much easier for the attacker to guess the correct locations (e.g. path to the file with a source code, which then may be displayed).
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