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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800412
Category:Web Servers
Title:Mongoose Web Server <= 2.8 Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability
Summary:Mongoose Web Server is prone to a source code disclosure; vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Mongoose Web Server is prone to a source code disclosure
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The issue is due to an error within the handling of HTTP
requests and can be exploited to disclose the source code of certain scripts (e.g. PHP) by
appending '::$DATA' or '/' to a URI.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to display
the source code of arbitrary files instead of an expected HTML response.

Affected Software/OS:
Mongoose Web Server version 2.8 and prior on Windows.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4530
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/mongoose-disclose.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/36934
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4535
http://freetexthost.com/0lcsrgt3vw
http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/mongoose-web-server-v280-remote-source_22.html
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