BadBlue Web Server v1.7 Protected File Access Vulnerability

Type

File Disclosure

Release Date

October 24, 2002

Product / Vendor

BadBlue is a very small footprint, Win32 web server that supports a suprisingly large array of features: NT-based security; application-serving via ISAPI, CGI, PHP, Perl etc.; CLF logging; virtual directories; directory browsing; service installation; etc.

http://www.badblue.com

Summary

It is possible to construct a web request which is capable of accessing the contents of password protected files/folders on the BadBlue Web Server v1.7. This vulnerability may only be exploited to access password-protected files in sub-folders of wwwroot.

http://host//secret/

Tested

Windows 2000 Sp3 / BadBlue Web Server v1.7
Windows 98 SE / BadBlue Web Server v1.7

Vulnerable

BadBlue Web Server v1.7

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Author

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