22258 : TinyPHPForum profile.php uname Variable Traversal Arbitrary File Manipulation
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7 months ago

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Disclosure

Jan 05, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

TinyPHPForum contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to view or create files in arbitrary locations on the server's file system. The issue is triggered when the 'uname' variable contains file system traversal characters, such as dot-dot-slash submitted to the 'profile.php' script. It is possible that the flaw may allow the web server to view or create files in arbitrary locations in the file system. resulting in a loss of confidentiality and integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

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

Products

Ralph Capper

TinyPHPForum

3.6

References

Security Tracker: 1015436
Secunia Advisory ID: 18293
CVE ID: 2006-0104 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 22256 22257
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-0054
Keyword: EV0014
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0065.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.evuln.com/vulns/14/summary.html
Vendor URL: http://www.ralpharama.co.uk/tpf/

Credit

Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu - alexevuln.com - eVuln

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