Hackers Center Security Group (http://www.hackerscenter.com/) spher3's Security Advisory Multiple transversal bug in vis.pl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Description: Vis.pl is a perl script which manages files in order to show these; you can find it in e-cms default files. The vulnerability taken in exam is classifiable as transversal bug. In fact can show to everybody files such as passwords or accounts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Code Details: Vis.pl doesn't control cgi query except for: [...] if ( -e $datFile ) { open ( DAT_FILE, "$datFile" ); [...] This function controls only the file existence. Then the script start to open the file without check dangerous characters as "." and "/". So is simply to access where you want: http://[target]/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=../../../../etc/passwd% 00 All variables that open files are unsafe: http://[target]/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=../../../../etc/passwd%00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- How to fix: You can fix this script with remove those dangerouse characters as taught from W3C WWW Security FAQ. Just adding a line: $datFile = s/..//g; You have to insert a line like this for ALL variables which contain files to open.