MultiHTML File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:6711

Info

MultiHTML File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6711
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 13 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 13 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Niels Heinen <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: MultiHTML MultiHTML 1.5
Not Vulnerable: MultiHTML MultiHTML 2.2

Discussion

MultiHTML File Disclosure Vulnerability

MultiHTML is prone to a file disclosure vulnerability.

It is possible for remote attackers to issue requests which are capable of disclosing sensitive webserver readable resources on the system hosting the software.

Exploit / POC

MultiHTML File Disclosure Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser. The following example was submitted:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/multihtml.pl?multi=/etc/passwd%00html

Solution / Fix

MultiHTML File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
It is not known when this issue was addressed by the vendor. Users are advised to upgrade to the recent version of the software, which is version 2.2 at the time of writing.

References

MultiHTML File Disclosure Vulnerability

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