Google Mini Search Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20149
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-5019
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 22 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 06 2016 02:00PM
Credit:	Patrick Webster is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Google Mini Search Appliance 4.4.102.M.36
Not Vulnerable:

Google Mini Search Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The Google Mini Search Appliance is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reveal the location of a directory contained in the configured document root. Information harvested through exploiting this issue may aid in further attacks.

This issue affects firmware version 4.4.102.M.36; other versions may also be affected.

Google Mini Search Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/js/vendors.php?file=../../../../[file]%00foobar.js

Google Mini Search Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Google Mini Search Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

• Google Mini Search Appliance Home Page (Google)
  
• Google Mini Search Applicance Path Disclosure (Patrick Webster)