Audioarticledirectory Audio Article Directory download.php File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Audioarticledirectory Audio Article Directory. This affects an unknown part of the file download.php. The manipulation of the argument File leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-2397. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Audioarticledirectory Audio Article Directory (Directory Service Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file download.php. The manipulation of the argument file 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in Audio Article Directory allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the file parameter.

The weakness was released 07/09/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2397 since 07/09/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by ThE g0bL!N and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:download.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 Exploit-DB (9041) and Secunia (SA35609†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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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: Proof-of-Concept
Author: ThE g0bL!N
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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06/29/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2397 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2397
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48941
Secunia: 35609 - Audio Article Directory "file" Local File Disclosure Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-1738

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/02/2024 07:27
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (46), 12/11/2017 08:23 (14), 12/02/2024 07:27 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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