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A vulnerability has been found in phphelpdesk 0.6.16 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file index.php of the component Help. The manipulation of the argument whattodo
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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phphelpdesk 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the whattodo parameter.
The weakness was released 11/09/2007 by joseph.giron13 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-5915 since 11/09/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
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 (38259). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 39632.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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Status: Unproven
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Timeline
11/03/2007 🔍11/09/2007 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: joseph.giron13
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-5915 (🔍)
X-Force: 38259 - PHPHelpdesk index.php file include
SecurityFocus: 26318 - PHP Helpdesk Index.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 09/11/2018 07:31
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (49), 09/11/2018 07:31 (7)
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