Snitz Forums Avatar Mod Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18014
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	May 18 2006 08:13PM
Credit:	Paul Craig is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Snitz Forums 2000 Avatar MOD 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Snitz Forums Avatar Mod Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Avatar MOD is prone to an arbitrary file-upload vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and execute it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation; other attacks are also possible.

This issue affects version 1.3; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Snitz Forums Avatar Mod Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability


This issue can be exploited with a web client.

Snitz Forums Avatar Mod Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected]

Snitz Forums Avatar Mod Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

References:

• Avatar MOD Download Page (Snitz Forums)
  
• Snitz Forums 2000 Homepage (Snitz Forums 2000)
  
• CodeScan Advisory: Avatar MOD v1.3 for Snitz Forums v3.4 - Arbitrary File Uploa (CodeScan Labs)