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Vulnerability Assessment Details

JBoss source disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Attempts to read the source of a jsp page

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server is vulnerable to information disclosure attacks.

Description :

It is possible to make the remote web server disclose the source code of
its JSP pages by appending a NULL character to the name of the JSP files
requested (eg, 'foo.jsp%00'). A possible hacker may use this flaw to get the
source code of scripts on the remote host and possibly obtain passwords
and other sensitive information.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/323430

Solution :

None at this time

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:C)

Networks Security ID: 7764

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