Secunia Logo  


Secunia PSI WorldMap
 
PHP Web FileManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10250
Release Date: 2003-11-18
Popularity: 6,703 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:PHP Web FileManager 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities


Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in PHP Web FileManager, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error when handling input for the "$f" variable. This can be exploited via classic directory traversal attacks to escape the web root.

Example:
http://[victim]/phpwebfilemgr/index.php?f=../../../

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Today
New advisories: 8
New vulnerabilities: 15
Updated advisories: 11

Moderately // 158 views
Ubuntu update for php5

26th Nov, 2009
New advisories: 15
New vulnerabilities: 37
Updated advisories: 48

Moderately // 357 views
SugarCRM Multiple Vulnerabilities

Solutions | More...  


Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Joomla LyftenBloggie Component "author" SQL Injection Vulnerability // 47 views
2. XM Easy Personal FTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability // 42 views
3. Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability // 40 views
4. Robo-FTP Response Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability // 37 views
5. RADIO istek scripti Information Disclosure Security Issue // 34 views
6. Joomla GCalendar Component "gcid" SQL Injection // 33 views
7. DotNetNuke Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure // 32 views
8. Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities // 30 views
9. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 30 views
10. Ubuntu update for php5 // 30 views