The host is running jHTTPd and is prone to directory traversal vulnerability.

Successful exploitation will allow attackers to perform directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files on the affected application. Impact Level: Application

No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

The flaws are due to an error in validating backslashes in the filenames.

jHTTPd version 0.1a on windows.

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17068/

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Updated on 2015-03-25