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TITLE:
bcoos "file" Information Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30035

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30035/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
bcoos 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/15808/

DESCRIPTION:
Lostmon has discovered a vulnerability in bcoos, which can be
exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "file" parameter in class/debug/highlight.php is
not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to
display arbitrary files by passing full paths or via directory
traversal attacks.

Successful exploitation requires valid administrator credentials.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.13. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Only grant administrator access to trusted users.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Lostmon

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2008/05/bcoos-highlightphp-traversal-file.html

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