[UNIX] phpWebFileManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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Date: 11/18/03

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      phpWebFileManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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    SUMMARY

     <http://phpwebfilemgr.sourceforge.net/about.php> phpWebFileManager is "a
    standard Web File Manager written in PHP4". A directory traversal
    vulnerability in the product allows remote attackers to view files and
    directories that reside outside the bounding HTML root directory.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable systems:
     * phpWebFileManager version 2.0.0

    Immune systems:
     * phpWebFileManager version 2.0.2

    Example:
    By requesting such a URL as:
    http://www.site.com/phpwebfilemgr/index.php?f=../../../ it is possible to
    traverse into directories that reside outside the bound HTML root
    directory.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:r00t@rsteam.ru> r00t.

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