OSVDB ID: 16279

Title: osTicket attachments.php file Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

Info

Disclosure

May 02, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

May 02, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

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

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, osTicket.com has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

osTicket.com	osTicket	1.3.0
		1.2.7

References

Security Tracker: 1013869
Secunia Advisory ID: 15216
Related OSVDB ID: 16270 16271 16272 16273 16274 16275 16276 16277 16278
CVE ID: 2005-1439 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0051.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00071-05022005
Vendor URL: http://www.osticket.com/

Credit

James Bercegay - securitygulftech.org - GulfTech Security Research

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/16279