Adminnewstools Admin News Tools 2.5 system/download.php fichier path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adminnewstools Admin News Tools 2.5. This affects an unknown part of the file system/download.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument fichier results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2557. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adminnewstools Admin News Tools 2.5. This affects an unknown code of the file system/download.php. The manipulation of the argument fichier with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in system/download.php in Admin News Tools 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fichier parameter.

The weakness was published 07/15/2009 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2557 since 07/21/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:system/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 OSVDB (55856†) and Secunia (SA35842†). Similar entry is available at VDB-49096. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 900905
OpenVAS Name: Admin News Tools Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-2557 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2557
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49095
Secunia: 35842
OSVDB: 55856 - Admin News Tools system/download.php fichier Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 02/03/2025 08:04
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (57), 08/14/2017 10:31 (2), 08/12/2021 18:06 (3), 12/04/2024 17:03 (20), 02/03/2025 08:04 (2)
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