17228 : Cerberus Helpdesk reports.php Path Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
1	176	over 6 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-06-07	2005-06-07

Description

Cerberus Helpdesk contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. This flaw exists because the application does not validate user-supplied input upon submission to the 'reports.php' script, which will reveal the installation path resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

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

Solution

Contact the vendor for an appropriate upgrade. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: in php.ini, set 'display_errors' to 'Off'.

Products

WebGroup Media LLC

Cerberus Helpdesk

0.97.3

References

Security Tracker: 1014128
Secunia Advisory ID: 15641
Related OSVDB ID: 17229 17230 17231 20264
CVE ID: 2005-1963 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://echo.or.id/adv/adv15-theday-2005.txt
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://forum.cerberusweb.com/showthread.php?threadid=5162&goto=newpost
Vendor URL: http://www.cerberusweb.com/

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Dedi Dwianto - the_dayecho.or.id -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-17 | Disagree?

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