CVE-2006-3392 Path traversal in n/a
Remote attackers can read arbitrary files on Webmin and Usermin servers by bypassing path traversal protections using encoded sequences.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-3392?
CVE-2006-3392 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 6 Jul 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Webmin before 1.290 and Usermin before 1.220 calls the simplify_path function before decoding HTML, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated using "..%01" sequences, which bypass the removal of "../" sequences before bytes such as "%01" are removed from the filename. NOTE: This is a different issue than CVE-2006-3274.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3392?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Usermin Usermin, Webmin Webmin.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3392?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2006-3392 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3392 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries, 1 Nuclei template and 7 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Webmin Webmin
- CVE-2005-1177 Unknown vulnerability in (1) Webmin and (2) Usermin before 1.200 causes Webmin to change permissions and ownership of configuration files, with unknown impact.
- CVE-2005-3042 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2004-1468 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2002-0756 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2002-0757 Auth bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w4wx-r2h6-p94q.