phpAddressBook skin parameter directory traversal
| phpaddressbook-skin-directory-traversal (41394) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpAddressBook could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the index.php or install.php script containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the skin parameter and appended with a NULL byte character (%00) to traverse directories and read arbitrary files on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- phpAddressBook, phpAddressBook 2.11
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Mar 22 2008 - 07:21:46 CDT, phpAddressBook v2.11 Multiple Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-03/0330.html.
- CoronaMatrix Web site, What is the CoronaMatrix? at http://www.coronamatrix.org/.
- BID-28397: phpAddressBook 'index.php' Local File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1492: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CoronaMatrix phpAddressBook 2.11 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the skin parameter to (1) index.php and (2) install.php.
- SA29514: phpAddressBook Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 22, 2008
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