ByteHoard index.txt directory traversal
| bytehoard-index-directory-traversal (26705) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ByteHoard could allow an attacker to traverse directories. A remote attacker could bypass authentication and send a specially-crafted request to the index.php script using the 'infolder' parameter to traverse directories and upload malicious files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload and possibly overwrite files on a victim's system.
Platforms Affected:
- Bytehoard, Bytehoard 2.1 Delta
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ByteHoard (2.1 Epsilon or later), available from the ByteHoard Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue May 23 2006 - 12:54:15 CDT , ByteHoard <= 2.1 multiple vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0571.html.
- ByteHoard Web site, ByteHoard at http://bytehoard.org/v4/.
- BID-18139: ByteHoard Index.PHP File Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2633: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the copy action in index.php in Andrew Godwin ByteHoard 2.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite files in other users' directories by specifying the absolute path of the directory in the infolder parameter and simultaneously specifying the filename in the filepath parameter.
- SA20304: ByteHoard File Copy and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2033: ByteHoard infolder and description File Overwrite and Cross Site Scripting
Reported:
May 23, 2006
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