LilHTTP Web Server Protected File Access Vulnerability

Type

File Disclosure

Release Date

February 21, 2002

Product / Vendor

LilHTTP Web Server is very small yet powerfull Web Server. This server weighs in at just under 120k in size as a stand-alone EXE file. It features security, Server Side Includes and CGI support. LilHTTP is very easy to configure and to setup.

http://www.summitcn.com

Summary

It is possible to construct a web request which is capable of accessing the contents of password protected files/folders on the webserver.

http://host/./protectedfolder/protectedfile.htm

Tested

Windows 2000 / LilHTTP Server 2.1

Vulnerable

LilHTTP Server 2.1 (And may be other.)

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Author

Tamer Sahin
ts(at)securityoffice.net
http://www.securityoffice.net