Short Name |
HTTP:CGI:VIRTUAL-VISION-TRVRSL |
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Severity |
Warning |
Recommended |
No |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
Virtual Vision FTP Directory Traversal |
Release Date |
2003/04/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects access to the ftp.pl CGI script. Attackers can gain access to arbitrary files on the Web server.
The Virtual Visions FTP Browser is a CGI script that provides an HTML interface to files that you have available to download. By submitting a request to the script containing the special directory traversal characters it is possible to access any directory on the filesystem. For example: http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/ftp/ftp.pl?dir=../../../../../../etc