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Vulnerability Assessment Details

FTPGate traversal

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
\..\..\file.txt

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It is possible to read arbitrary files on
the remote server by prepending ../../
or ..\..\ in front on the file name.

Solution : Use another web proxy
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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