PT-2008-4403 · Awt Yekta · Academic Web Tools

Published 2008-07-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2969

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) versions 1.4.3.1, 1.4.2.8 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dfile parameter in the "download.php" file.

Recommendations For versions 1.4.3.1, 1.4.2.8 and earlier, consider restricting access to the "download.php" file until a fix is available. Avoid using the dfile parameter in the affected "download.php" file until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2969

Affected Products

Academic Web Tools

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5861 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2969 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/493472/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://bugreport.ir/?/44 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3959 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43175 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29813 · Note