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TITLE:
Pivot "t" Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30889

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30889/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Pivot 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3583/

DESCRIPTION:
Nine:Situations:Group::bookoo has reported a vulnerability in Pivot,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.

Input passed to the "t" parameter in search.php is not properly
sanitised before being used to display files. This can be exploited
to display arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.40.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nine:Situations:Group::bookoo

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5973

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