Description
ATutor 1.5.1, and possibly earlier versions, stores temporary chat logs under the web document root with insufficient access control and predictable filenames, which allows remote attackers to obtain user chat conversations via direct requests to those files.
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.
Exploit-DB 1
- ATutor 1.5.1 - Chat Logs Remote Information Disclosure EDB-26258 · webapps · Sep 14, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 9 third-party-advisory
- 20050914 ATutor 1.5.1 SQL Injection / Admin credentials disclosure / Information disclosure / User impersonation / Remote code execution mailing-list
- http://rgod.altervista.org/atutor151.html
- 14832 vdb-entry