Vulnerability CVE-2008-3195
Published: 2008-09-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
TWiki 4.2.0 (configure) Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability
Th1nk3r
18.09.2008

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Twiki -> Twiki 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362012
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03#4_2_3_Bugfix_Highlights
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-3195
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45183
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45182
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2586
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6269
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-7JEQ7L
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4265
http://secunia.com/advisories/31964
http://secunia.com/advisories/31849
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