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Nmap NSE 6.01: http-passwd

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Nmap NSE

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Mitigation

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

Checks if a web server is vulnerable to directory traversal by attempting to retrieve '/etc/passwd' or '\boot.ini'. The script uses several technique: * Generic directory traversal by requesting paths like '../../../../etc/passwd'. * Known specific traversals of several web servers. * Query string traversal. This sends traversals as query string parameters to paths that look like they refer to a local file name. The potential query is searched for in at the path controlled by the script argument 'http-passwd.root'. SYNTAX: http.pipeline: If set, it represents the number of HTTP requests that'll be pipelined (ie, sent in a single request). This can be set low to make debugging easier, or it can be set high to test how a server reacts (its chosen max is ignored). http-max-cache-size: The maximum memory size (in bytes) of the cache. http-passwd.root: Query string tests will be done relative to this path. The default value is '/'. Normally the value should contain a leading slash. The queries will be sent with a trailing encoded null byte to evade certain checks. See the references for more information.