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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6926

Original release date:08/10/2009

Last revised:08/25/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in autoinstall4imagesgalleryupgrade.php in the Fantastico De Luxe Module for cPanel allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the scriptpath_show parameter in a GoAhead action. NOTE: this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when security settings such as disable_functions and safe_mode are active, since exploitation requires uploading of executable code to a home directory.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: XF

Name: cpanel-autoinstall-file-include(46252)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46252

External Source: BID

Name: 32016

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32016

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081120 Re: Re: Cpanel 11.x Local File Inclusion & Cross Site Scripting - Discovered By Khashayar Fereidani

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498529/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081031 Cpanel 11.x Local File Inclusion & Cross Site Scripting - Discovered By Khashayar Fereidani

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497964/100/0/threaded