# CVE-2008-6938: Pi3Web 2.0.3 before PL2, when installed on Windows as a desktop application and without using the Pi3Web/Conf/Intenet.pi3, allows remote att

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2009-08-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Pi3Web 2.0.3 before PL2, when installed on Windows as a desktop application and without using the Pi3Web/Conf/Intenet.pi3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and obtain the full pathname of the server via a request to a file in the ISAPI directory that is not an executable DLL, which triggers the crash when the DLL load fails, as demonstrated using Isapi\users.txt.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498771
- http://www.osvdb.org/49999
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32287
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498575
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498602
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0171.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32696
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46600
- http://www.osvdb.org/49998
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498865
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7109
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/http/pi3web_isapi.rb

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