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Secunia Advisory SA9917

MPNews PRO Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA9917
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Release Date 2003-10-02
   
Popularity 5,635 views
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Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia VIM
   
Software:
MPNews PRO 2.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.
  

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in MPNews PRO, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose the content of arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error. This can be exploited via directory traversal attacks to gain access to files outside the web root.

Example:
http://[victim]:81/./.././../[existing_file]

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.1.0.18. However, other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Reportedly, the vendor is currently working on fixes, which will be released within a few days.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
Gama Sec

Deep Links
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