National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2156

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in help/index.php in X7 Chat 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help_file parameter.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: BID

Name: 17777

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17777

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060502 X7 Chat <=2.0 remote commands execution

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/432716/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19886

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19886

External Source: XF

Name: x7chat-index-file-include(26218)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26218

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25149

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25149

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1608

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1608

External Source: SREASON

Name: 829

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/829

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 1738

Hyperlink:http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1738