Vulnerability CVE-2008-5990
Published: 2009-01-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in connect/init.inc in emergecolab 1.0 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sitecode parameter to connect/index.php.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
emergecolab 1.0 (sitecode) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
dun
31.01.2009

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
Eduforge -> Emergecolab 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45369
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31372
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6551
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