Description
The getAlbumToDisplay function in idsShared.pm for Image Display System (IDS) 0.81 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary directories via ".." sequences in the album parameter, which generates different error messages depending on whether the directory exists or not.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Image Display System 0.8.1 - Directory Existence Disclosure EDB-21487 · webapps · May 28, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ids-dir-existence(9201) vdb-entry
- 20020528 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in IDS 0.8x mailing-list
- 4870 vdb-entry
- http://ids.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog.html