FrSIRT - Greymatter "gm-upload.cgi" Script File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Greymatter "gm-upload.cgi" Script File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability

Title : Greymatter "gm-upload.cgi" Script File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-1138
CVE ID : CVE-2006-1485
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-03-28

Advisory Details

Description

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Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Greymatter, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an error in the "gm-upload.cgi" script that does not validate uploaded files, which could be exploited by remote attackers (with file upload privileges) to upload malicious scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by syst3m_f4ult

ChangeLog

2006-03-28 : Initial release

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