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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in AneCMS 2e2c583. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-4997. Additionally, an exploit exists. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in AneCMS 2e2c583. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in acp/index.php in AneCMS allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter.

The weakness was released 09/19/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4997 since 09/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available 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 (73682), Exploit-DB (18559), SecurityFocus (BID 52272†) and OSVDB (80073†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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