CVE-2006-3360: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

May 1, 2022 (updated March 30, 2023)

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpSysInfo allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and a trailing null (%00) byte in the lng parameter, which will display a different error message if the file exists.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27527
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wxv-3g4v-p76p
github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo/commit/60b5bbb5d1cc17f44050e99a3e746f55a4fd4e18
github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo/issues/107
github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo/issues/368
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3360

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