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Trac Arbitrary File Upload/Download Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15752
Release Date: 2005-06-20
Last Update: 2005-07-12
Popularity: 8,998 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Trac 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2007
CVE-2005-2147


Description:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in Trac, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the "id" parameter when processing an attachment upload and download request. This can be exploited to retrieve any files accessible by the web server, or to upload files to writable directories by supplying arbitrary paths to the parameter.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 0.8.3 and prior.

Solution:
Update to version 0.8.4 or later.
http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/TracDownload

Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Esser, Hardened-PHP Project.

Changelog:
2005-06-24: Added CVE reference.
2005-07-12: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Edgewall Software:
http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/ChangeLog

Hardened-PHP Project:
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-012005.php


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