A vulnerability was found in Bicluc beLive 0.2.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the file arch.php. The manipulation of the argument arch 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:

Directory traversal vulnerability in arch.php in beLive 0.2.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the arch parameter.

The weakness was released 05/16/2009 by Kacper (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1649 since 05/16/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:arch.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 databases at Exploit-DB (8680), SecurityFocus (BID 34968†) and Secunia (SA35059†).

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• 0.2.3

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