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Zope Invalid Query Path Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for Zope Examples directory

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains an application server that is prone to
information disclosure.

Description :

The remote Zope web server may be forced into disclosing its physical
path when it receives bad arguments for several example CGIs included
in the installation.

See also :

http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2003-009-zope.txt

Solution :

Delete the directory '/Examples'.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 7999, 8000, 8001

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security

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