CVE-1999-0678

This is a writeup describing a misconfiguration in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1's Apache package where the /usr/doc directory is exposed via an alias, allowing remote users to browse documentation and potentially identify vulnerable software.

This repository provides a detailed technical walkthrough of exploiting, detecting, and remediating CVE-1999-0678, a directory traversal vulnerability in Apache. It includes steps for vulnerability scanning, manual verification, IDS deployment (Snort), and mitigation strategies.