CVE-2003-1373

Directory traversal vulnerability in auth.php for PhpBB 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences followed by NULL (%00) characters in CGI parameters, as demonstrated using the lang parameter in prefs.php.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2003-12-30 21:00

Updated : 2017-07-28 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2003-1373

Mitre link : CVE-2003-1373

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Products Affected

phpbb_group

phpbb

{"cve": {"data_type": "CVE", "references": {"reference_data": [{"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0245.html", "name": "20030220 phpBB Security Bugs", "tags": [], "refsource": "BUGTRAQ"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6889", "name": "6889", "tags": [], "refsource": "BID"}, {"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11407", "name": "phpbb-auth-read-files(11407)", "tags": [], "refsource": "XF"}]}, "data_format": "MITRE", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Directory traversal vulnerability in auth.php for PhpBB 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences followed by NULL (%00) characters in CGI parameters, as demonstrated using the lang parameter in prefs.php."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-22"}]}]}, "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": {"ID": "CVE-2003-1373", "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org"}}, "impact": {"baseMetricV2": {"cvssV2": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 6.8, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "authentication": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL"}, "severity": "MEDIUM", "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}}, "publishedDate": "2003-12-31T05:00Z", "configurations": {"nodes": [{"children": [], "operator": "OR", "cpe_match": [{"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}]}], "CVE_data_version": "4.0"}, "lastModifiedDate": "2017-07-29T01:29Z"}

6.8 /10