Overview
SIX-webboard does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal.
Description
SIX-webboard 2.01 does not adequately validate the "content" CGI variable, allowing directory traversal out of SIX-webboard's content root directory. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to read any file on the server with privileges of the web server process. |
Impact
Attackers may read any file on the server with privileges of the web server process. |
Solution
The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Hannibal Lector for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
Other Information
CVE IDs: | CVE-2001-1115 |
Severity Metric: | 1.71 |
Date Public: | 2001-08-13 |
Date First Published: | 2002-09-27 |
Date Last Updated: | 2002-09-27 16:08 UTC |
Document Revision: | 3 |