Armada Master Index Path Traversal Vulnerability

BID:1772

Info

Armada Master Index Path Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1772
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 18 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 18 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on Mon, 09 Oct 2000 by pestilence <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Armada Design Master Index 1.0
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- Debian Linux 2.3
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Armada Master Index Path Traversal Vulnerability

Master Index is a commercially supported search engine. Certain versions of this software ship with a path traversal vulnerability. This is to say that a remote user may 'back out' (.../) of the web root directory and view/download any file which the user who is running Master Index has permission to read.

Exploit / POC

Armada Master Index Path Traversal Vulnerability

From the message to Bugtraq which detailed this issue (the message is included in it's entirety in the 'Credit' section of this vulnerability entry):

Example:

http://www.target.com/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?keys=*&prc=any&catigory=../../../../../.. ../../etc

Solution / Fix

Armada Master Index Path Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
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References

Armada Master Index Path Traversal Vulnerability

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