Info

Disclosure

Feb 27, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Feb 27, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

DirectContact contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to read the contents of arbitrary files outside of the web path. The issue is due to DirectContact not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../) supplied to the server.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.3c or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Lionel Reyero

DirectContact

0.3b

References

FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-0761
Bugtraq ID: 16849
Other Advisory URL: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0670.html
http://www3.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/DirectContact0.3b-adv.txt
ISS X-Force ID: 24930
Secunia Advisory ID: 19053
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0784.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0670.html
CVE ID: 2006-0971 (see also: NVD)
Security Tracker: 1015686
Vendor URL: http://reyero.info/dc/

Credit

Donato Ferrante - fdonatoautistici.org - Personal Page

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218