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Accipiter AdManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10600
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Release Date:
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2004-01-13
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Last Update:
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2004-01-14
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Popularity:
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5,673 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Accipiter AdManager 6.x
Accipiter AdManager 7.x
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Description:
Mark Bassett has identified a vulnerability in AdManager, allowing malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.
The problem is that AdManager fails to detect directory traversal attempts using the URL encoded representation of the "../" character sequence ("%2e%2e%5c"). This can be exploited to view files outside the web root.
Solution:
The vendor has issued a hotfix and advises customers to contact technical support for instructions.
The vendor furthermore recommends that AdManager runs as a less privileged user, which can only access files associated with the ad system.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Mark Bassett
Changelog:
2004-01-14: Updated "Solution" section.
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