CVE-2009-2557 (GCVE-0-2009-2557)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-21 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:52
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in system/download.php in Admin News Tools 2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fichier parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504949/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9153 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/35842 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/55856 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2009-07-15 00:00
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