AB Banner Exchange "page" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in AB Banner Exchange, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information.
Input passed via the "page" parameter to index.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal sequences and URL-encoded NULL bytes.
The vulnerability is reported in version 6.0. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
AB Banner Exchange 6.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20788/
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
Escaped NULL char in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-08-27 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote