Milky Captcha PHP 0.9 CHAP captcha.php _tcf path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Milky Captcha PHP 0.9 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file captcha.php of the component CHAP. Such manipulation of the argument _tcf leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-4163. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Milky Captcha PHP 0.9 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file captcha.php of the component CHAP. The manipulation of the argument _tcf 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in captcha.php in Captcha PHP 0.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the _tcf parameter.

The weakness was released 12/11/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at freshmeat.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4163 since 12/11/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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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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Timelineinfo

12/11/2005 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3377 days 🔍
07/27/2017 +869 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: freshmeat.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27416

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/27/2017 08:46
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (43), 07/27/2017 08:46 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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