Vulnerability CVE-2007-6662
Published: 2008-01-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in file.php in CuteNews 2.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading the admin username and password hash in data/users.db.php.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
CuteNews Arbitrary File Download AllVersion
Pr0metheuS
05.01.2008

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:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Cutephp -> Cutenews 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3515
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485632/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39328
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