VB Marketing 'tseekdir.cgi' Local File Include Vulnerability

BID:27475

Info

VB Marketing 'tseekdir.cgi' Local File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27475
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0488
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: Sw33t h4cK3r is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: VB Marketing VB Marketing 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

VB Marketing 'tseekdir.cgi' Local File Include Vulnerability

VB Marketing is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability using directory-traversal strings to include local script code in the context of the application. This may allow the attacker to access sensitive information that may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

VB Marketing 'tseekdir.cgi' Local File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/tseekdir.cgi?location=/etc/passwd%00

Solution / Fix

References

VB Marketing 'tseekdir.cgi' Local File Include Vulnerability

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