CVE-2009-2007 Information

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5 and possibly earlier allow remote attackers to (1) read portions of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the lang parameter to main/exercice/hotspot_lang_conversion.php and (2) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc_url parameter to main/exercice/Hpdownload.php.

Reference

http://gsasec.blogspot.com/2009/05/dokeos-free-185-multiple.html http://secunia.com/advisories/34879 http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/SecurityDokeos_1.8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34928 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1300 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50503 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5 and possibly earlier allow remote attackers to (1) read portions of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the lang parameter to main/exercice/hotspot_lang_conversion.php and (2) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the doc_url parameter to main/exercice/Hpdownload.php.