A vulnerability was found in Chimaera Aterr 0.9.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument file with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Aterr 0.9.1 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) class parameter to include/functions.inc.php and the (2) file parameter to include/common.inc.php.

The weakness was published 04/25/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1962 since 04/25/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 databases at X-Force (41903) and Exploit-DB (5474).

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• Chimaera

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• Aterr

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• 0.9.1

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