xml2owl 'filedownload.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:26849

Info

xml2owl 'filedownload.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26849
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-6322
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 13 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 04 2008 10:29PM
Credit: GoLd_M is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: xml2owl xml2owl 0.1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

xml2owl 'filedownload.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The 'xml2owl' program is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers access arbitrary files because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue using directory-traversal strings ('../') to download arbitrary files with the privileges of the webserver process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

This issue affects xml2owl 0.1.1; other versions may be vulnerable as well.

Exploit / POC

xml2owl 'filedownload.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/xml2owl-0.1.1/filedownload.php?file=../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

xml2owl 'filedownload.php' Directory Traversal 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].

References

xml2owl 'filedownload.php' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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