Application Details
The Apache HTTP Server is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software.
Vulnerability
Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by a flaw that was found in a change made to path normalization.
Identification
An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request to map URLs to files outside the expected document root.
POST /cgi-bin/../../../../bin/shPAYLOAD - echo;idDetection
By turning this vulnerability into a traffic file and matching rule, we are able to detect attempts to traverse directories in the application.
Coverage
Idappcom has created signature 8021873 along with a traffic file.
References
Traffic IQ
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