PT-2009-4959 · Unknown · Admin News Tools

Published 2009-07-21 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-2557

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 Admin News Tools version 2.5

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the fichier parameter of the "system/download.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For Admin News Tools version 2.5, consider restricting access to the "system/download.php" endpoint until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the fichier parameter with untrusted input.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2557

Affected Products

Admin News Tools

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9153 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9153 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2557 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35842 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/55856 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504949/100/0/threaded · Note