McAfee myCIO HTTP server directory traversal
| mcafee-mycio-directory-traversal (6834) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
McAfee AsaP VirusScan could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the Web server. A remote attacker can send a specially-crafted URL request containing modified "dot dot" sequences that use three dots instead of two (/.../) to traverse directories and view or download any file outside of the Web root directory.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jul 11 2001 - 16:51:41 CDT: McAfee ASaP Virusscan - myCIO HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerabilty.
- NTBugTraq Mailing List, Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:55:20 -0700: McAfee ASaP Virusscan - MyCIO HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vul nerability.
- BID-3020: McAfee ASaP Virusscan Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2001-1144: Directory traversal vulnerability in McAfee ASaP VirusScan agent 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the HTTP request.
- OSVDB ID: 584: McAfee ASaP VirusScan Arbitrary File Access
- US-CERT VU#190267: McAfee ASaP VirusScan service does not adequately validate input
Platforms Affected:
- McAfee ASaP VirusScan 1.0
Reported:
Jul 11, 2001
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