Vulnerability CVE-2006-6629
Published: 2006-12-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm in WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language before 2.3.1 uses an insufficiently restrictive regular expression to determine valid macro filenames, which allows attackers to load arbitrary macro files whose names contain the strings (1) dangerousMacros.pl, (2) PG.pl, or (3) IO.pl.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Webwork -> Program generation language 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21614
http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/PGLanguageRelease2pt3pt1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5026
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