#VU38724 Path traversal in Yaws - CVE-2017-10974
Published: July 7, 2017 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38724
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10974
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Yaws
Yaws
Software vendor:
yaws.hyber.org
yaws.hyber.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080. NOTE: this CVE is only about use of an initial /%5C sequence to defeat traversal protection mechanisms; the initial /%5C sequence was apparently not discussed in earlier research on this product.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.