| 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 |