Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4467 - Directory Traversal vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1RCx before 1.1RC3, and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, does not properly unset variables when the input data includes a numeric parameter with a value matching an alphanumeric parameter's hash value, which allows remote attackers to perform directory traversal attacks to read arbitrary local files, lock topics, and possibly have other security impacts. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a bug in the unset PHP command (CVE-2006-3017) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/smf_11rc2_local_incl.html
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/smf_11rc2_lock.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1475
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444053/100/100/threaded
- http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=107112.0
- http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=107135.0