[SecurityOffice] Liteserve Web Server v2.0 Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

[Tamer Sahin <ts () securityoffice net>]

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- --[ Liteserve Web Server v2.0 Authorization Bypass Vulnerability ]--

- --[ Type

File Disclosure

- --[ Release Date

October 24, 2002

- --[ Product / Vendor

LiteServe is a powerful, full-featured Web, EMail and FTP server.  This server software
is perfect for personal websites or commercial sites with high traffic demands and
multiple domains. All the services that you need work together efficiently in one
program to provide you with a feature-packed server solution that is easy to setup,
manage, and monitor.

http://www.cmfperception.com

- --[ Summary

It is possible to construct a web request which is capable of accessing the contents
of password protected files/folders on the Liteserve Web Server v2.0. This
vulnerability may only be exploited to access password-protected files in sub-folders
of wwwroot.

http://host/./secret/

- --[ Tested

Windows 2000 Sp3 / Liteserve Web Server v2.0
Windows 98 SE / Liteserve Web Server v2.0

- --[ Vulnerable

Liteserve Web Server v2.0

- --[ Disclaimer

http://www.securityoffice.net is not responsible for the misuse or illegal use of any
of the information and/or the software listed on this security advisory.

- --[ Author

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

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Tamer Sahin
http://www.securityoffice.net

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