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SIX-webboard does not adequately validate user input thereby permitting directory traversal

Vulnerability Note VU#494307

Original Release Date: 2002-09-27 | Last Revised: 2002-09-27

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

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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

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