24862 : PAJAX pajax_call_dispatcher.php className Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Exploit Publish Date	Disclosure Date
2006-03-30	2006-04-13	2006-04-14

Time to Exploit
14 days

Description

PAJAX contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access arbitrary files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the pajax_call_dispatcher.php script not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the 'className' variable.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.5.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Georges Auberger	PAJAX	0.5.1
		0.5.2

References

Bugtraq ID: 17519
Secunia Advisory ID: 19653
CVE ID: 2006-1789 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24618
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-1353
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0270.html
Vendor URL: http://www.auberger.com/pajax/3/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-001.txt

Tools & Filters

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Snort	8734

Credit

RedTeam Pentesting - RedTeam Pentesting

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-04-13 | Disagree?

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