emergecolab 'index.php' Local File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31372
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-5990
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:23PM
Credit:	dun
Vulnerable:	University of Cape Town emergecolab 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

emergecolab 'index.php' Local File Include Vulnerability

The 'emergecolab' program 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 view local files within the context of the webserver process. Information harvested may aid in further attacks.

This issue affects emergecolab 1.0; other versions may also be affected.

emergecolab 'index.php' Local File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/emerge-1.0/connect/index.php?sitecode=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

emergecolab 'index.php' Local File Include Vulnerability

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

emergecolab 'index.php' Local File Include Vulnerability

References:

• emergecolab Homepage (University of Cape Town)