9954 : PerlDesk pdesk.cgi lang Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
8	436	over 7 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-09-12	2004-09-12

Description

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

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround:
1.) Download pdeskcgi.txt and kbcgi.txt from vendor's site
2.) Rename these files to kb.cgi and pdesk.cgi (removing the .txt) and upload them to your existing installing in ASCII mode.

Products

LogicNow	PerlDesk	1.8
		2

References

Security Tracker: 1011276
Bugtraq ID: 11160
Secunia Advisory ID: 12512
ISS X-Force ID: 19712
CVE ID: 2004-1678 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-09/0109.html
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109509026406554&w=2
Other Advisory URL: http://nikyt0x.webcindario.com/
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://perldesk.com/dl/14092004/
http://www.logicnow.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2368
Vendor URL: http://www.perldesk.com/

Tools & Filters

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	2278

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Nikyt0x - nikyt0xhotmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-31 | Disagree?

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