JBrowser Browser.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:9535

Info

JBrowser Browser.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9535
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 30 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue has been credited to Himeur Nourredine <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: JBrowser JBrowser 2.1
JBrowser JBrowser 2.0
JBrowser JBrowser 1.0
Not Vulnerable: JBrowser JBrowser 2.4
JBrowser JBrowser 2.3

Discussion

JBrowser Browser.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

JBrowser has been reported to be vulnerable to directory traversal vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to gain access to files readable by the web-server that reside outside of the server root directory. This issue is caused by insufficient sanitization of user specified directory paramemters issued to the 'browser.php' script.

Exploit / POC

JBrowser Browser.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

The following proof of concept has been provided:

http://www.example.org/browser.php?directory=[ATTACKER_SPECIFIED_PATH]

Solution / Fix

JBrowser Browser.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Invulnerable versions of the software are available through the vendor website.


JBrowser JBrowser 1.0

JBrowser JBrowser 2.0

JBrowser JBrowser 2.1

References

JBrowser Browser.PHP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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