Portcullis Security Advisory 05-005

[Paul J Docherty]

Portcullis Security Advisory
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Vulnerable System:=20
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Webseries Payment Application
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Vulnerability Title: =20
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Internal Path Disclosure in HTTP Variables
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Vulnerability discovery and development:=20
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Portcullis Security Testing Services
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Affected systems:=20
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Bottomline Webseries Payment Application=20
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Details:
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Several HTTP variables in use by the application were found to directly
reference directories and files on the web server. An example of this
behaviour is listed below:
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ConfigFile=3Dblah.cfg
ReportName=3DUser%20Activity%20Report.rpt
ReportPath=3DE:\server\apps\WSWEB\Web+Application+ Files\reports\
Impact:
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An attacker can use the information obtained by this issue to gain a better
understanding of the structure of the underlying file system of the web
server. This type of information is often essential in launching exploits
against the web server itself.
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Exploit:
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Exploit code not required.
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Copyright:=20
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