Mole "dirn" and "fname" Parameters Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Mole, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This issue is due to input validation errors in the "viewsource.php" script that does not validate the "dirn" and "fname" parameters before being passed as an argument to a "highlight_file()" call, which could be exploited to display the contents of arbitrary files.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Mole version 2.1.0 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2008-1857
     
References  
     
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
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2008-04-08 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote