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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in TalkBack 2.3.6/2.3.6.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the file comments.php. This manipulation of the argument Language causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4346. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in TalkBack 2.3.6/2.3.6.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file comments.php. The manipulation of the argument language 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in TalkBack 2.3.6 and 2.3.6.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter to comments.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-3371.

The weakness was shared 09/30/2008 by rgod (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4346 since 09/30/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:comments.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 (45102), Exploit-DB (6451), SecurityFocus (BID 31164†) and Secunia (SA31879†). The entry VDB-44070 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• TalkBack

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• 2.3.6
• 2.3.6.4

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