Valerie Mates Interactive Story 1.3 story.pl next path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Valerie Mates Interactive Story 1.3. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file story.pl. The manipulation of the argument next with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in story.pl in Interactive Story 1.3 allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack on the "next" parameter.

The weakness was presented 07/15/2001 by qDefense as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0804. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10817 (Interactive Story story.pl next Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10980 (Interactive Story Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1868.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6843) and Tenable (10817).

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 10817
Nessus Name: Interactive Story story.pl next Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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OpenVAS ID: 10817
OpenVAS Name: Interactive Story Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Interactive Story 1.4

Snort ID: 1868
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Interactive Story story.pl arbitrary file read attempt
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Suricata ID: 2101869
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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: qDefense
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-0804 (🔍)
X-Force: 6843 - Interactive Story \
Vulnerability Center: 350 - Interactive Story 1.3 story.pl Allows Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal Attack, Medium
SecurityFocus: 3028 - Interactive Story Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 683 - Interactive Story story.pl next Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 17:06
Updated: 05/06/2019 13:02
Changes: 07/10/2014 17:06 (84), 05/06/2019 13:02 (5)
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