A vulnerability was found in Box Uk Amaxus 3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument change 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Amaxus 3 and earlier allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via ".." sequences in the change parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4376 since 12/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (40002). The entry 27616 is pretty similar.

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