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A vulnerability was found in pnTresMailer 6.0.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file codebrowserpntm.php. The manipulation of the argument filetodownload with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in codebrowserpntm.php in pnTresMailer 6.0.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filetodownload parameter.

The weakness was published 01/10/2005 by John Cobb (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1206 since 12/14/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:codebrowserpntm.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15858 (PostNuke pnTresMailer codebrowserpntm.php 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18263) and Tenable (15858). Similar entry is available at 23749.

Productinfo

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• pnTresMailer

Version

• 6.0.3

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 15858
Nessus Name: PostNuke pnTresMailer codebrowserpntm.php Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

11/26/2004 🔍
12/14/2004 +18 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +27 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3711 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: John Cobb
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1206 (🔍)
X-Force: 18263 - PnTresMailer codebrowserpntm.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 11767 - PNTresMailer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/01/2021 09:46
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (50), 07/21/2017 10:28 (9), 07/01/2021 09:46 (3)
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