SLiMS 8 Akasia up to 8.3.1 admin/help.php url path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SLiMS 8 Akasia up to 8.3.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/help.php. This manipulation of the argument url causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-12586. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SLiMS 8 Akasia up to 8.3.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file admin/help.php. The manipulation of the argument url with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

SLiMS 8 Akasia through 8.3.1 has an arbitrary file reading issue because of directory traversal in the url parameter to admin/help.php. It can be exploited by remote authenticated librarian users.

The bug was discovered 05/26/2017. The weakness was presented 08/06/2017 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-12586 since 08/05/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 71 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/help.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.

See VDB-104862 and VDB-104861 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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SLiMS 8 Akasia

Version

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

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12/15/2022 +1957 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 48
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-12586 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12586
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104863
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2017 14:20
Updated: 12/15/2022 07:14
Changes: 08/06/2017 14:20 (56), 11/03/2019 20:40 (3), 12/15/2022 07:14 (4)
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