4216 : cPanel erredit.html Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
12	753	over 8 years ago	over 4 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-03-12	2004-03-13	2004-03-13

Time to Exploit
1 days

Description

cPanel contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access arbitrary files. The issue is due to the erredit.html script not properly validating the "dir" and "file" variables. If an attacker requests an arbitrary file under the right configuration, it will be displayed.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

An attacker can only retrieve files in the user's directories with the user's permissions (like File Manager), however this allows file retrieval if the server admin has disabled file manager and command line access.

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

cPanel, Inc.

cPanel

9.1.0-RELEASE 57

References

Other Advisory URL: http://www.cirt.net/advisories/cpanel_file.shtml

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Sullo - sullocirt.net - cirt.net

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