Secunia Security Advisory - ThE g0bL!N has reported a vulnerability in Teraway LinkTracker, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Teraway LinkTracker Cookie Security Bypass Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34903
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34903/
DESCRIPTION:
ThE g0bL!N has reported a vulnerability in Teraway LinkTracker, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the application allowing access to
the admin interface by checking if a certain cookie exists. This can
be exploited to gain administrative access to the application by
creating the cookie "twLTadmin" and assigning it the value
"userid=1&lvl=1".
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0. Other versions may also
be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict network access to the application.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ThE g0bL!N
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8550
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