Eekim cgihtml 1.69 Multipart Form Upload path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Eekim cgihtml 1.69. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Multipart Form Upload Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1280. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Eekim cgihtml 1.69. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Multipart Form Upload Handler. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgihtml 1.69 allows remote attackers to overwrite and create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in multipart/form-data uploads.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1280 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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 (11022) and SecurityFocus (BID 6550†). The entry VDB-21213 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Eekim

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• cgihtml

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• 1.69

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