Gerd Tentler Simple Forum 3.2 thumbnail.php file path traversal
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Gerd Tentler Simple Forum 3.2 (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file thumbnail.php. The manipulation of the argument file
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 thumbnail.php in Gerd Tentler Simple Forum 3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.
The weakness was released 02/01/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0542 since 02/01/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.
A public exploit has been developed by tomplixsee and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:thumbnail.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39980) and Exploit-DB (4989). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-40795.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: tomplixsee
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-0542 (🔍)
X-Force: 39980 - Gerd Tentler Simple Forum thumbnail.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 27463 - Gerd Tentler Simple Forum Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28681 - Simple Forum Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 11/06/2017 08:08
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (54), 11/06/2017 08:08 (14)
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