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phpSysInfo "lng" Parameter File Detection Weakness
Release Date: 2006-07-05 Last Update: 2006-07-11 Views: 9,445
Secunia Advisory SA20939
Where:
From remote
Impact:
Exposure of system information,
Solution Status:
Unpatched
CVE Reference(s):
Description
Micheal Turner has discovered a weakness in phpSysInfo, which can be exploited by malicious people to detect files on the server.
The weakness is caused by an error message returning information about whether or not a file exists. This can be exploited by providing a filename with a directory traversal character sequence to the "lng" parameter in index.php.
The weakness has been confirmed in version 2.5.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Filter malicious characters or character sequences with a web proxy.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers
Provided and/or discovered by:
Micheal Turner
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
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Subject: phpSysInfo "lng" Parameter File Detection Weakness
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