Project Alumni 1.0.9 index.php act path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Project Alumni 1.0.9. This impacts an unknown function of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument act leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-6184. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Project Alumni 1.0.9 (Project Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument act 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Project Alumni 1.0.9 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the act parameter.

The weakness was shared 11/29/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at downloads.sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6184 since 11/29/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

A public exploit has been developed by tomplixsee and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38681), Exploit-DB (4669), SecurityFocus (BID 26612†) and Secunia (SA27820†). The entries VDB-39835 and VDB-39834 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: tomplixsee
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: downloads.sourceforge.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6184 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39884
X-Force: 38681 - Project Alumni index.php directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 26612 - Project Alumni Index.PHP Act Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 27820 - Project Alumni Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 10/12/2024 03:48
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (55), 11/07/2017 05:17 (13), 10/12/2024 03:48 (17)
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