Seagull 'optimizer.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:27437

Info

Seagull 'optimizer.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27437
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0465
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: fuzion is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Seagull PHP Framework Seagull 0.6.3
Not Vulnerable: Seagull PHP Framework Seagull 0.6.4

Discussion

Seagull 'optimizer.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Seagull is prone to a vulnerability that allows attackers to access source code because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the webserver process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Seagull 'optimizer.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability with a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/seagull-0.6.3/www/optimizer.php?files=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

Seagull 'optimizer.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released Seagull 0.6.4 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Seagull PHP Framework Seagull 0.6.3

References

Seagull 'optimizer.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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