osCommerce cache.php directory traversal
| oscommerce-cache-directory-traversal (28435) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
osCommerce could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories and view arbitrary files on the system. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request to the cache.php script including "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the tep_cache_also_purchased(), tep_cache_manufacturers_box or tep_cache_categories_box function to traverse directories and view arbitrary files on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of osCommerce (2.2M2 060817 or later), available from the osCommerce Web site. See References.
References:
- GulfTech Research And Development August 17, 2006: osCommerce Multiple Vulnerabilities .
- osCommerce Web site: osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions.
- CVE-2006-4298: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in cache.php in osCommerce before 2.2 Milestone 2 060817 allow remote attackers to determine existence of arbitrary files and disclose the installation path via a .. (dot dot) in unspecified parameters in the (1) tep_cache_also_purchased, (2) tep_cache_manufacturers_box, and (3) tep_cache_categories_box functions.
- OSVDB ID: 29509: osCommerce cache.php Multiple Function Traversal Arbitrary File Access
Platforms Affected:
- osCommerce osCommerce prior to2.2m2 060817
Reported:
Aug 17, 2006
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