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Yaws Web Server Directory Traversal

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Disclosed
Nov 25, 2011
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a directory traversal bug in Yaws v1.9.1 or less.
The module can only be used to retrieve files. However, code execution might
be possible. Because when the malicious user sends a PUT request, a file is
actually created, except no content is written.

Author

sinn3r sinn3r@metasploit.com

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/yaws_traversal
    msf auxiliary(yaws_traversal) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(yaws_traversal) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(yaws_traversal) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(yaws_traversal) > run
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