A vulnerability has been found in Max Kervin KerviNet Forum up to 1.1 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

KerviNet Forum 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) admin/head.php, or (2) voting_diagram.php, (3) voting.php, (4) topics_search.php, (5) topics_list.php, (6) top_part.php, (7) quick_search.php, (8) quick_reply.php, (9) moder_menu.php, (10) messages_list.php, (11) menu.php, (12) head.php, (13) forums_list.php, (14) forum_statistics.php, (15) forum_info.php, or (16) birthday.php in include_files/, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

The weakness was shared 07/05/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2329 since 07/05/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by eLwaux and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 Exploit-DB (9068). The entries VDB-48873, VDB-48872 and VDB-48871 are related to this item.

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• Max Kervin

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• KerviNet Forum

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