# CVE-2006-6514: Winamp Web Interface (Wawi) 7.5.13 and earlier uses an insufficient comparison to determine whether a directory is located below the applica

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-12-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Winamp Web Interface (Wawi) 7.5.13 and earlier uses an insufficient comparison to determine whether a directory is located below the application's root directory, which allows remote authenticated users to access certain other directories if the name of the root directory is a substring of the name of the target directory, as demonstrated by accessing C:\folder2 when the root directory is C:\folder.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454059/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23292
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30830
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017362
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21539
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051217.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4935
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2032
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wawix-adv.txt

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