Path traversal in Mathopd - CVE-2012-1050
Published: February 13, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44301
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1050
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: mathopd.org
Affected software:
Mathopd
Mathopd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in Mathopd 1.4.x and 1.5.x before 1.5p7, when configured with the * construct for mass virtual hosting,. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted Host header.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1050
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0025.html
- http://osvdb.org/78896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47908
- http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00392.html
- http://www.mathopd.org/security.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73049