CVE-2006-4458 Path traversal in n/a
Remote attackers can read arbitrary local files in phpGroupWare via directory traversal in the country preference parameter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4458?
CVE-2006-4458 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Directory traversal vulnerability in calendar/inc/class.holidaycalc.inc.php in phpGroupWare 0.9.16.010 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and trailing null (%00) byte in the GLOBALS[phpgw_info][user][preferences][common][country] parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpgroupware Phpgroupware.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4458?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2006-4458 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-4458 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2004-2406 Other in n/a
- CVE-2004-2407 Unknown vulnerability in phpGroupWare before 0.9.14.002 has unknown attack vectors and impact, related to a "security hole" in the Setup/Config functionality.
- CVE-2003-0599 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2001-0043 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2010-0404 SQL injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j684-2v55-5ggw.