Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-11-004 Release Date. 15-Apr-2011 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 7-Mar-2011 Product. Collaborative Passwords Manager (cPassMan) Platform. Independent (PHP) Affected versions. 1.82 (verified), and possibly others Severity Rating. Medium Impact. Local file system access Attack Vector. Remote without authentication Solution Status. Upgrade to v2.0, v1.x branch no longer updated CVE reference. Not yet assigned Details. A vulnerability has been discovered in the Collaborative Passwords Manager (cPassMan) web application that can be exploited to retrieve files from the local host file system. The input passed to the component "sources/downloadfile.php" via the "path" variable allows the retrieval of any file on the local file system that the web server has access to. There is no data validation or authorisation mechanisms present within this component. Proof of Concept. http://localhost/cpassman/sources/downloadfile.php?path=/etc/passwd Solution. The author (Nils Laumaille) has indicated that the v1.x branch of cPassMan will no longer be updated, as he has rewritten the application and v2.0 is now the recommended release. Discovered by. Kaan Kivilcim - Sense of Security Labs. About us. Sense of Security is a leading provider of information security and risk management solutions. Our team has expert skills in assessment and assurance, strategy and architecture, and deployment through to ongoing management. We are Australia's premier application penetration testing firm and trusted IT security advisor to many of the country's largest organisations. Sense of Security Pty Ltd Level 8, 66 King St Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA T: +61 (0)2 9290 4444 F: +61 (0)2 9290 4455 W: http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au E: info@senseofsecurity.com.au Twitter: @ITsecurityAU The latest version of this advisory can be found at: http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-11-004.pdf Other Sense of Security advisories can be found at: http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/research/it-security-advisories.php