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CWE-50

Path Equivalence: '//multiple/leading/slash'

Variant
Incomplete

Description

The product accepts path input in the form of multiple leading slash ('//multiple/leading/slash') without appropriate validation, which can lead to ambiguous path resolution and allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.

Common Consequences

Scope

Confidentiality
Integrity

Impact

Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories

CVE-2002-1483

Read files with full pathname using multiple internal slash.

CVE-1999-1456

Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request with more than one leading / (slash) character in the filename.

CVE-2004-0578

Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via leading slash (//) characters in a URL request.

CVE-2002-0275

Server allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read restricted files via an extra / (slash) in the requested URL.

CVE-2004-1032

Product allows local users to delete arbitrary files or create arbitrary empty files via a target filename with a large number of leading slash (/) characters.

CVE-2002-1238

Server allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files via an HTTP request with a sequence of multiple / (slash) characters such as http://www.example.com///file/.

CVE-2004-1878

Product allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, obtain sensitive information, or gain access via a direct request to admin/user.pl preceded by // (double leading slash).

CVE-2005-1365

Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL with multiple leading "/" (slash) characters and ".." sequences.

CVE-2000-1050

Access directory using multiple leading slash.

CVE-2001-1072

Bypass access restrictions via multiple leading slash, which causes a regular expression to fail.

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Applicable Platforms

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