Robin Twombly A1 HTTP Server 1.0 - Directory Traversal

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2001-0286  
Publish Date: 27 Feb 2001
Author: slipy
                							

                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2436/info

It is possible for a remote user to gain read access to directories and files outside the web root. Requesting a specially crafted URL composed of '../' sequences will disclose an arbitrary directory, appending the known filename will disclose the requested resource. 

http://target/../../../../../../Scandisk.log